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Franklin D. Roosevelt III
American economist and academic (born 1938)
Franklin Delano "Frank" Roosevelt III (born July 19, 1938) is an American retired economist and academic.[citation needed] Through his father, he is a grandson of 32nd U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and through his mother, he is related to the prominent du Pont family.[1]
Family
See also: Roosevelt family and du Pont family
Roosevelt was the first child born to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and his first wife, Ethel du Pont.[1] He was born during his paternal grandfather Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term as president and was his eighth grandchild to be born.[1] After his birth, his father said, "'Battling' Frank III is a beautiful baby."[2]
He has a younger brother, Christopher du Pont Roosevelt, born 1941, also from his parents' marriage.[1] From his father's later marriages (who married 5 times in total), h Phoebe roosevelt!