Gracie Hall Roosevelt was an American engineer, banker, soldier, and municipal official who was the youngest brother of First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt and a nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt.
16 Facts About Hall Roosevelt
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Gracie Hall Roosevelt, generally known as Hall, was born on June 28,1891, in Neuilly, France.
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Hall Roosevelt was a son of Elliot Roosevelt and Anna Rebecca Hall.
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Hall Roosevelt was the uncle of US Air Force Brigadier General Elliott Roosevelt.
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Hall Roosevelt was named Gracie for his father's aunt, Anna Bulloch and her husband James Gracie, and Hall for his mother's family.
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Hall Roosevelt took pleasure in Hall's brilliant performance at school, and was proud of his many academic accomplishments, which included a master's degree in engineering from Harvard in 1913.
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In 1915, Hall Roosevelt began his 15-year career at General Electric, a career he started and returned to after his service in the War.
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On July 14,1917, Hall Roosevelt enlisted with his cousin Quentin Hall Roosevelt in the Army Air Service.
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Hall Roosevelt went first to aviation school in Ithaca, New York, became a pilot, then an instructor of pursuit plane flying in Gerstner Field, Louisiana, and then Dorr Field and Carlstrom Field in Florida, where he successfully designed an early pursuit plane and taught many to fly.
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In 1930, Hall Roosevelt, who was a Democrat although he never held elected office, became the chairman of the Detroit Unemployment Bureau and was tapped for service in the municipal government of Detroit by mayor Frank Murphy.
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Hall Roosevelt was named chairman of a mayoral committee on unemployment, and in January 1931 he was appointed city comptroller.
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In 1912, at age 21 while still enrolled at Harvard, Hall Roosevelt was married to Margaret Richardson, a young woman he met at school.
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When Hall Roosevelt wanted to seek a divorce in 1925, it was only with Eleanor's approval that he followed through with his decision.
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Hall Roosevelt had three children from his second marriage to Dorothy Kemp :.
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In 1937, Hall Roosevelt sought a divorce from his second wife.
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Hall Roosevelt spent the last few years of his life in a small building on the Hyde Park estate, and he died in Washington, DC on September 25,1941, at age 50.