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Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt

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Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt Veteran

Birth
New York County, New York, USA
Death
2 Aug 1991 (aged 75)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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The Benton Courier, Friday, August 9, 1991

Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt, a grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and former Central Intelligence Agency official, died August 2 of a heart attack in his home. He was 75.

Roosevelt was also an engineer and business executive who worked in China, an art collector and amateur archaeologist. A Navy veteran, he had traveled the world from Haiti to the Red Sea as a scuba diving instructor.

A native of New York, he attended Harvard University and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the CIA in Washington in 1952.
The Benton Courier, Friday, August 9, 1991

Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt, a grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and former Central Intelligence Agency official, died August 2 of a heart attack in his home. He was 75.

Roosevelt was also an engineer and business executive who worked in China, an art collector and amateur archaeologist. A Navy veteran, he had traveled the world from Haiti to the Red Sea as a scuba diving instructor.

A native of New York, he attended Harvard University and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the CIA in Washington in 1952.


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