Misplaced Pages

#894105

55-736: The group is based in Oyster Bay, New York , on Long Island , where Roosevelt spent summers in his youth and would relocate in his adulthood. The organization was founded in 1919 by friends and supporters of the president originally as the Permanent Memorial National Committee . Soon renamed the Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA), it was chartered under Title 36 of the United States Code in 1920. In parallel with

110-736: A VISTA volunteer involved in community action and anti-drug programs in the slums of New York City , and spent some time in the employ of the United States Forest Service at the Carson National Forest in Taos, New Mexico . During the late 1960s, he became active in the movement against the Vietnam War and participated in the 1967 march on the Pentagon . Two years later, he was one of thousands at

165-450: A town is a major division within a county. Larger towns may contain a number of named incorporated villages that provides numerous local services to the village residents. Towns may contain named unincorporated hamlets , governed and administered by the town council. The Town of Oyster Bay contains all or part of 20 incorporated villages: The town of Oyster Bay also contains all or part of 17 unincorporated hamlets: There are also

220-593: A century before. Tweed's great-uncle, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. , served as Governor of Puerto Rico in the early 20th century. In May 2009, Roosevelt led the team that coordinated and organized an opportunity for members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to join the US Navy 's traditional one-day family cruise on the nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) . Over 700 people attended and more than 200 people joined

275-611: A child. This is an annual program, that began in the summer of 2019. In 1992, Roosevelt spent his 50th birthday rafting down the 1,000-mile Rio Roosevelt in Brazil —a river previously explored by his great-grandfather in 1914 in the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition . At that time, Theodore Roosevelt and Colonel Cândido Rondon of the Brazilian Army navigated the river, then called

330-553: A few areas that are not part of any incorporated village or census-designated place: Notes: The Long Island Rail Road 's Oyster Bay Branch serves the town's vicinity from Glen Head to Oyster Bay . The Main Line runs through the center of the town from with stations in Hicksville , and Bethpage . The Port Jefferson Branch begins at Hicksville, and goes through Hicksville and Syosset . Rail freight service also exists along

385-488: A household in the town was $ 99,873, and the median income for a family was $ 115,095. Males had a median income of $ 60,726 versus $ 39,420 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 35,895. About 2.0% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over. Aer Lingus operates its United States office in Oyster Bay, centered on

440-610: A later time it occupied a brick structure with two stories. In 1994 Acclaim bought a headquarters building in Glen Cove . Both the State University of New York at Old Westbury and New York Institute of Technology or NYIT (and its affiliated New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine ) are located in Old Westbury . LIU Post , the largest campus of the private Long Island University system,

495-489: A number of regional brokerage firms; developing a strategic financial profit model for a major law firm; analyzing the market planning system for an international health and fitness service organization; and consulting with other clients including Computervision (a manufacturer of CAS/CAM systems), J. T. Lupton (the largest Coca-Cola franchise bottler in the U.S.), Allied Signal Corporation, Kodak , Mutual Life of Canada, and Cardio Fitness Corporation. As an investment advisor at

550-600: A registered investment advisor with offices in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts , with individual and institutional clients both in the United States and abroad. It manages clients' portfolios, investing mostly in U.S. equity and bond market. The firm, founded by P. James Roosevelt in 1969, is today no longer under the control of the Roosevelt family. From 1996 to 1998, Roosevelt was a vice president at

605-525: Is also the name of a hamlet on the North Shore , within the town of Oyster Bay. Near this hamlet, in the village of Cove Neck , is Sagamore Hill , the former residence and summer White House of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and now a museum. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor , an inlet of Long Island Sound , and many of these at one time or another have also been referred to as being part of

SECTION 10

#1732780900895

660-527: Is an American businessman, family historian, lecturer and prominent member of the Roosevelt family . He is the son of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. , grandson of Archibald Roosevelt and great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt . Roosevelt is the chairman of Roosevelt China Investments, a private investment firm, based in Boston and Shanghai . He is the president of the board of trustees for

715-459: Is located in Brookville . The Town of Oyster Bay has a government comprising a town supervisor and a town council consisting of six members. Council members are elected on a town-wide basis, and there are no election districts within the town. Two other elected positions are town clerk and receiver of taxes. At one point, the town had its own police force, but it no longer does. In New York,

770-500: Is the easternmost of the three towns of Nassau County, with Suffolk County immediately to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 169.5 square miles (439 km ), of which 104.4 square miles (270 km ) is land and 65.1 square miles (169 km ), or 38.42%, is water. As with most of Long Island, the north shore is hilly, the south shore has sandy beaches, and

825-848: The Central Branch which begins in Bethpage . Further south in the town, the Babylon Branch runs from Seaford to the Suffolk County Line with stations in Massapequa and Massapequa Park . The Town of Oyster Bay is served primarily by Nassau Inter-County Express bus routes, though some routes from Suffolk County Transit also enter the town from the east. Tweed Roosevelt Tweed Roosevelt ( / ˈ r oʊ z ə v ɛ l t / ROH -zə-velt ; born February 28, 1942) commonly referred by his initials T.R.

880-492: The Dutch West India Company made its first purchase of land on Long Island from the local Native Americans. The English also had colonies on Long Island at this time. The Dutch did not dispute English claims to what is now Suffolk County, but when settlers from New England arrived in (present-day) Oyster Bay in 1640, they were soon arrested as part of a boundary dispute. In 1643, Englishmen purchased land in

935-549: The Theodore Roosevelt Association , and the chairman of the Theodore Roosevelt Institute at Long Island University . Roosevelt was born February 28, 1942, in Berkeley, California , to Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. and his first wife Katherine Winthrop (née Tweed; 1920-2009). His paternal grandfather was Archibald Roosevelt , Sr., the third son of Theodore Roosevelt . His maternal grandfather

990-635: The Woodstock Festival . Roosevelt was mentioned, by name, in an essay on Time Magazine ' s 1967 Man of the Year in which he responded to the question of why he was involved as a VISTA volunteer in Harlem , New York with a single word, "individualism". From 1979 to 1983, Roosevelt was consultant with the MAC Group, a general management consulting firm with 150 professionals in offices in

1045-435: The 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state. There are 18 villages and 18 hamlets within the town of Oyster Bay. The United States Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes , served by 20 post offices. Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their boundaries are usually not coterminous. Oyster Bay

1100-688: The Annual Wyoming Commemorative Service on July 4 at the Wyoming Monument in Wyoming, Pennsylvania for the anniversary of his great-grandfather's speech there. In 2008, he travelled to San Juan, Puerto Rico , to unveil a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned by then Senate President Kenneth McClintock and House Speaker José Aponte , to commemorate the President's visit to Puerto Rico almost

1155-689: The Center for Blood Research, a basic research institution affiliated with the Harvard Medical School , funded by Federal grants mostly by NIH and focusing on immunological research. Roosevelt was responsible for the overall administration of the Center and for its development efforts. Roosevelt has also served as spokesperson for Steiff , an international company headquartered in Giengen, Germany , that manufactures extremely high quality collectible plush animals, including Teddy Bears. At

SECTION 20

#1732780900895

1210-605: The Dutch meant present-day Cold Spring Harbor (to the east) and the English meant all of the water connected to present-day Oyster Bay Harbor. Meanwhile, the government of England came under the control of Oliver Cromwell as a republic, and smugglers took advantage of the unresolved border dispute. In 1653, English settlers made their first purchase of land in Oyster Bay from the local Matinecock tribe , though there were already some rogue English settlements there. For this purchase,

1265-611: The Dutch relinquishing control of all of New Amsterdam. In 1667 the settlement at Oyster Bay received its charter from the new English colony of New York , becoming the Township of Oyster Bay. By 1687, the last piece of land was sold by the Indians, and few remained by 1709. During most of the American Revolution the town was under the control of British forces. The town was originally part of Queens County , until

1320-546: The English settlers paid to the Native American Moheness (aka Assiapum), "six kettles, six fathoms of wampum, six hoes, six hatchets, three pairs of stockings, thirty awl-blades or muxes, twenty knives, three shirts and as much Peague as will amount to four pounds sterling." The monarchy was restored in England in 1660, and in 1664 King Charles gave Long Island (and much else) to his brother James, leading to

1375-631: The National Park Service in 1963; Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay , Long Island, New York, dedicated in 1928 and given to the people of Oyster Bay; Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., given to the federal government in 1932; and Sagamore Hill , Roosevelt's Oyster Bay home, which opened to the public in 1953 and, together with nearby Old Orchard , home to Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,

1430-577: The RMA was an organization for women, The Women's Theodore Roosevelt Association , that had been founded in 1919 by an act of the New York State Assembly . The organizations merged in 1956 under the current name. The two ancestor organizations that eventually combined to form the modern TRA established four public sites: the reconstructed Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City , dedicated in 1923 and donated to

1485-764: The Rio da Duvida—the River of Doubt—in the heart of the Brazilian rain forest . In a video made about the modern trip, Roosevelt summed up the river saying that "nothing had changed and everything had changed" in the Amazon wilderness during the 78 years between the trips. A camera crew traveled with the latter expedition, resulting in a television documentary. Roosevelt is a frequent contributor to books and other projects on Theodore Roosevelt. He presented two seminars during Safari Club International (SCI)’s 2005 Convention: Return for

1540-546: The River of Doubt and Theodore Roosevelt Remembered . In 2006, he was also a guest lecturer at the first annual Theodore Roosevelt symposium, "Theodore Roosevelt, Adventurer", given at Dickinson State University in 2006, speaking on TR's hunting and camping trips in the Western United States. He also spoke at its 2007 symposium. A longtime member of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), Tweed Roosevelt served on that organization's Executive Committee and

1595-611: The Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA), collected manuscripts, diaries, correspondence and other items relating to Roosevelt's personal and professional life. In 1923, the RMA opened a research library at the Birthplace in New York City and continued to build its archive. During 1943, the organization presented the entire collection of materials to Harvard University , Roosevelt's alma mater. Today

1650-666: The TRA just for the opportunity. This was the first such cruise in over ten years in which TRA members participated. He led another TRA cruise on the CVN-71 in August 2019. In February, 2021, Roosevelt joined the faculty of Long Island University as Chairman of the Theodore Roosevelt Institute and the Roosevelt School. On June 8, 1980, Roosevelt married Candace C. MacGuigan, at Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City . She

1705-789: The Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in Manhattan, upon presentation of their membership cards. Oyster Bay (town), New York The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns that make up Nassau County, New York , United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area , it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island . As of

Theodore Roosevelt Association - Misplaced Pages Continue

1760-607: The Theodore Roosevelt Collection is housed in Harvard's Houghton Library . The collection continues to be a major resource for the study of the life and times of the 26th president of the United States . The only larger Theodore Roosevelt Collection is that at the Library of Congress , which includes Roosevelt's Presidential Papers, donated personally by Roosevelt. The compilation of the film collection

1815-948: The Theodore Roosevelt Teddy Bear program, which each year gives teddy bears to hospitalized children in New York City and Nashville during the December Holiday season. The TRA also publishes a quarterly journal, conducts occasional historical and educational conferences, and sponsors public speaking contests for high school students in New York. Annual meetings of the Theodore Roosevelt Association - held near TR's October 27 birthday - occur generally in places that are somehow associated with TR, such as Boston/Cambridge, where he attended college and met his first wife; New York/Oyster Bay, where he lived most of his life; Norfolk, around

1870-541: The U.S. and abroad. Tweed was responsible for the practice area of management development; designing and marketing tailored programs for senior managers in the U.S. and overseas. From 1983 to 1987 Roosevelt was vice president at Gray-Judson & Howard, Inc, a management consulting firm which provides strategic planning advice to domestic and international clients in both the industrial and service sectors. Projects that Roosevelt directed or participated in included: developing and implementing strategic planning processes for

1925-841: The USS Theodore Roosevelt ; Washington, where he worked as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Vice President and President; Atlanta, where his mother grew up; and even the Netherlands, where the Roosevelts originated. The annual dinner frequently includes the awarding of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. Annual meetings often include lectures on TR, visits to Roosevelt-related sites, and silent auctions and bartering/selling of TR collectibles by collector members of

1980-584: The Wingate Financial Group from 1987 to 1992, Roosevelt provided financial planning advice to individuals, managing their investments, advising them on real estates, and arranging all aspects of their financial affairs. He also provided investment banking services to small companies, arranging both short-term and long-term financing. From 1992 to 1996, Roosevelt served as president of the Roosevelt Investment Group, Inc,

2035-508: The area between is a plain . Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the town exchanged territory with the towns of Hempstead (Nassau County) and Babylon (Suffolk County). It also gained territory from the town of Huntington in Suffolk County. The 2019 American Community Survey determined the population was 293,576, estimating a 1.6% increase from the 2010 United States census . The racial and ethnic makeup of Oyster Bay

2090-490: The association. TR's great-grandson Tweed Roosevelt serves as the organization's president as of 2010. He is joined on the board and in the association by members from a wide variety of walks of life, and numerous members of the Roosevelt family, including great-grandson Mark Ames, great-granddaughter Susan Roosevelt Weld, great-great-grandson Simon Roosevelt, great-grandson Theodore Roosevelt IV, and several cousins. Other members include but are not limited to those in finance,

2145-409: The average family size was 3.27. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for

2200-743: The beginning of the 20th century, Steiff was the initiator of the original Teddy Bear , which was named after President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt currently chairs his family investment firm, Roosevelt China Investments, which is based in Boston and Shanghai . The firm was primarily known for a failed venture to bring Saks Fifth Avenue retail stores to China . Tweed Roosevelt frequently teaches high school students attending Long Island University's Roosevelt Summer Honor Institute program. He leads them in discussions of various documentaries, literary texts, and also provides tours through Theodore Roosevelt's home in Sagamore Hill, which he grew up in as

2255-473: The hamlet of Jericho . Cablevision Systems , a major cable company in the tri-state area has its corporate headquarters in Bethpage, New York , as well as a satellite office in Jericho, New York that contains its medium to large business solutions division, Lightpath . Acclaim Entertainment was originally located in the hamlet of Oyster Bay . It originally occupied a one-room office in Oyster Bay. At

Theodore Roosevelt Association - Misplaced Pages Continue

2310-543: The hamlet of Oyster Bay. Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples had lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European contact, the Lenape (Delaware) nation inhabited western Long Island. By 1600 the band inhabiting the local area was called the Matinecock after their location, but they were Lenape people. Following European colonization, the area became part of the colony of New Netherland . In 1639,

2365-566: The hospital. In 1976, Roosevelt earned an MBA in Finance/Banking at Columbia University. In his early career, Roosevelt held several positions from 1967 to 1974. Most notably he was a special assistant to the Administrator of the largest New York City government agency. He worked as staff administrator and treasurer of a non-partisan commission studying the selection process of U.S. presidential nominees. Roosevelt also worked as

2420-570: The judicial/legal arenas, the military, and teaching. Interests of the membership are as varied as were Theodore Roosevelt's own interests. Members include Rough Rider fans, political memorabilia collectors, and Theodore Roosevelt impersonators. Some members join simply because they enjoy Teddy bears . Membership in the Association includes a subscription to the quarterly TRA Journal , and invitations to association functions. Members also receive free admission to Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay and

2475-538: The oldest yacht clubs in the Western Hemisphere, which opened in 1871. There are 40 buildings and sites presently named Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks . The town of Oyster Bay extends from Long Island Sound in the north, south to the waters of South Oyster Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by the town of North Hempstead on the northwest and the town of Hempstead on the southwest. It

2530-402: The organization's endeavors included creation and maintenance of About Theodore Roosevelt, the TRA web site at http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org , which has been criticized by scholars as hagiographic and hard to navigate. The organization also conducts the Theodore Roosevelt Police Awards (given in New York , Dallas , Boston , and Nashville to police officers who have overcome handicaps), and

2585-567: The population. As of the census of 2000, there were 293,925 people, 99,355 households, and 80,278 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,816.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,087.3/km ). There were 101,076 housing units at an average density of 968.4 per square mile (373.9/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 90.83% White , 1.64% Black or African American , 0.07% Native American , 4.85% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.36% from other races , and 1.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.06% of

2640-406: The population. There were 99,355 households, out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and

2695-399: The present-day town of Hempstead from the Indians that included land purchased by the Dutch in 1639. Nevertheless, in 1644, the Dutch director granted a patent for Hempstead to the English. The Dutch also granted other English settlements in Flushing , Newtown , and Jamaica . In 1650, the Treaty of Hartford established a boundary between Dutch and English claims at "Oysterbay", by which

2750-434: The western portion of that county was amalgamated into New York City in 1898 and Nassau County was created in 1899. In 1918, Glen Cove , to the west, incorporated as a city and formed a governing system separate from the town. Following World War II , housing replaced farmland as the population grew from about 40,000 in 1950 to more than 290,000 in 1990. Oyster Bay is home to the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club , one of

2805-423: Was Harrison Tweed , the grandson of William M. Evarts . Roosevelt acquired an interest in natural history at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, New York , and then went on to Harvard where he studied social anthropology and graduated in 1964 with an AB in Anthropology and Social Relations. During his freshman year at Harvard, Roosevelt was involved as a driver in an accident that sent two sophomores to

SECTION 50

#1732780900895

2860-480: Was 75.5% non-Hispanic white, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12.5% Asian, 2.0% from two or more races, and 8.1% Hispanic or Latin American of any race. As of the 2010 census the population was 85% White (80% Non-Hispanic White ), 2.3% Black or African American , 0.2% Native American , 9.1% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 1.9% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.5% of

2915-402: Was a former president of the organization. In 2007 Roosevelt was asked to head up the organization's site location committee to consider locations for the TRA's since-abandoned Theodore Roosevelt Museum and Research Center. He was also a member of its strategic planning committee. Roosevelt is a charter member of the New England Chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association . He spoke in 2006 at

2970-409: Was donated to the National Park Service in 1963. Along with the 1963 gifts of the Birthplace and Sagamore Hill properties, the TRA donated an endowment to help support both sites. The TRA currently owns Theodore Roosevelt's simple cabin, " Pine Knot ", near Charlottesville, Virginia , which is managed by the Edith and Theodore Roosevelt Pine Knot Foundation. One of the two TRA ancestor organizations,

3025-565: Was originally embarked upon by the RMA in January 1919. Later, during 1924, the RMA formally established the Roosevelt Motion Picture Library housed at the Birthplace. The TRA donated the Roosevelt Motion Picture Library to the Library of Congress in 1962. Led in the years 1919–1957 by Secretary and Director Hermann Hagedorn (1882–1964), the Association engaged in a wide spectrum of programs and activities to preserve Roosevelt's memory. Dr. John Allen Gable served as executive director from 1974 until his sudden death in early 2005. In recent years,

#894105