Robert Vincent Roosa was an American economist and banker.
13 Facts About Robert Roosa
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Robert Roosa served as Treasury Undersecretary for Monetary Affairs during the Kennedy administration from 1961 to 1964.
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Robert Roosa believed the US dollar should be the world's leading currency and reference point because the United States was the leading political and economic power.
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Robert Roosa received a Rhodes Scholarship but due to the outbreak of war in Europe did not attend Oxford.
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Robert Roosa then joined the Treasury, under John F Kennedy, as Undersecretary for Monetary Affairs, where he helped to address the balance of payments problem facing America at that time.
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Robert Roosa believed that the international monetary system should be based on a reference and that the reference should be the US dollar.
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Robert Roosa continued under the administration of Lyndon B Johnson until 1964.
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Robert Roosa joined the Wall Street firm Brown Brothers Harriman as a partner, in 1965.
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Robert Roosa was a director at the Council on Foreign Relations between 1966 and 1981, and a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Robert Roosa became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty in 1979.
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Robert Roosa was a member of the Trilateral Commission, a non-governmental organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between North America, Western Europe, and Japan.
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Robert Roosa was married to Ruth Robert Roosa, who died in October 1993.
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Robert Roosa died in Port Chester, New York in December 1993, aged 75.