Curtis Bean Dall
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''The original 1967 edition of F.D.R. My Exploited Father-in-Law, with it's page-numbering will be used as reference.'' | ''The original 1967 edition of F.D.R. My Exploited Father-in-Law, with it's page-numbering will be used as reference.'' | ||
| − | Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austen Dall and his wife Mary Bean, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, [[New Jersey]]. He attended Princeton University[1], and served in the Navy during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12) In 1926 he was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...." | + | Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austen Dall and his wife Mary Bean, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, [[New Jersey]]. He attended Princeton University[1], and served in the Navy during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12) He was present in Dec 1918, when then-president Woodrow Wilson arrived in Brest for the Peace Conference. (''F.D.R.'', p. 13-14) In 1926 he was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...." |
Dall met his future first wife Anna in Dec. 1925 at a dinner party, given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglas in their home on Fifth Avenue, New York. Anna's parents [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and his wife [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], would several years later become the 32nd U.S. president and the first lady. At the time however, F.D.R. was Vice-President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore. After Anna briefly attended Cornell University, and after their three-month engagement (''F.D.R.'', p. 11) they were married, each for the first time, in Hyde Park, [[New York]], on 25 June 1926. | Dall met his future first wife Anna in Dec. 1925 at a dinner party, given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglas in their home on Fifth Avenue, New York. Anna's parents [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and his wife [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], would several years later become the 32nd U.S. president and the first lady. At the time however, F.D.R. was Vice-President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore. After Anna briefly attended Cornell University, and after their three-month engagement (''F.D.R.'', p. 11) they were married, each for the first time, in Hyde Park, [[New York]], on 25 June 1926. | ||
