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Joseph Willard Roosevelt
Joseph Willard Roosevelt (January 16, 1918 – May 18, 2008) was an American pianist and composer.
Roosevelt was born on January 16, 1918, as the second son of Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Wyatt Willard. He was named for his grandfather, Joseph Edward Willard, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and United States Ambassador to Spain. Among his siblings were brother Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
His paternal grandparents were U.S. President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt Jr. and First Lady Edith Kermit Carow. He was uncle to Mark Roosevelt and great-uncle to Kermit Roosevelt III, John Palfrey and Quentin Palfrey.
Like several of his family members, Roosevelt attended Groton School and Harvard University and studied piano with Nadia Boulanger in France.
He served in the Pacific during World War II. He was commissioned in the Naval Reserve on August 19, 1940, and was promoted to lieutenant on March 1, 1943. Later in the war, he served as captain of the USS Greene, (APD-36). With the Greene he supported the invasion of southern France in August 1944 and later served on escort duties in the Pacific.
He taught music at The Hartt School, Mannes College of Music, Fairleigh Dickinson University and the Longy School of Music. Roosevelt's compositions are published by the American Composers Alliance and Merion Music.
On December 22, 1943, while a lieutenant in the Navy, Roosevelt married first Nancy Thayer in New York City. At the time, she believed her father was the poet Scofield Thayer, however, she was actually a daughter of poet E.E. Cummings. Before their divorce in 1954, they were the parents of two children:
After his divorce, Roosevelt was married on May 28, 1955, in Mendon, Vermont to Carol Adele Russell (1935–2022), a daughter of Eleanor Lavinia Rassmussen and Joseph John Russell. They had three children:
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Joseph Willard Roosevelt
Joseph Willard Roosevelt (January 16, 1918 – May 18, 2008) was an American pianist and composer.
Roosevelt was born on January 16, 1918, as the second son of Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Wyatt Willard. He was named for his grandfather, Joseph Edward Willard, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and United States Ambassador to Spain. Among his siblings were brother Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
His paternal grandparents were U.S. President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt Jr. and First Lady Edith Kermit Carow. He was uncle to Mark Roosevelt and great-uncle to Kermit Roosevelt III, John Palfrey and Quentin Palfrey.
Like several of his family members, Roosevelt attended Groton School and Harvard University and studied piano with Nadia Boulanger in France.
He served in the Pacific during World War II. He was commissioned in the Naval Reserve on August 19, 1940, and was promoted to lieutenant on March 1, 1943. Later in the war, he served as captain of the USS Greene, (APD-36). With the Greene he supported the invasion of southern France in August 1944 and later served on escort duties in the Pacific.
He taught music at The Hartt School, Mannes College of Music, Fairleigh Dickinson University and the Longy School of Music. Roosevelt's compositions are published by the American Composers Alliance and Merion Music.
On December 22, 1943, while a lieutenant in the Navy, Roosevelt married first Nancy Thayer in New York City. At the time, she believed her father was the poet Scofield Thayer, however, she was actually a daughter of poet E.E. Cummings. Before their divorce in 1954, they were the parents of two children:
After his divorce, Roosevelt was married on May 28, 1955, in Mendon, Vermont to Carol Adele Russell (1935–2022), a daughter of Eleanor Lavinia Rassmussen and Joseph John Russell. They had three children: