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Theodore Roosevelt III
(1914–2001)

Biographical

Air Medal

Secretary of Commerce of Pennsylvania 1949–51
Honorary Plankowner in the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Lieutenant-Commander in the US Navy until 1945

After graduating from Harvard in 1936, Theodore joined the navy and was a navy flyer during World War II, and served as a flag lieutenant in the Pacific. He became a brokerage partner with Montgomery, Scott, in Philadelphia in 1952. He was also president of the Competitive Enterprise System, Inc., and a trustee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Place of birth: New York City
Place of marriage: Louisville
Place of death: Bryn Mawr, Pa

Son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and Eleanor Alexander, he married Anne Babcock (†2001), and had issue

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