Philip Roosevelt

Philip James Roosevelt (May 15, 1892 – November 1941) was a World War I captain for the United States Army, Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps (predecessor to the United States Air Force), editor of Aviation and Aeronautic Engineering (later known as Aviation Week, then Aviation Week & Space Technology), banker, yachtsman, and a cousin of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. Philip was close to the president's children and accompanied them on trips. Early life Roosevelt was born on May 15, 1892. He was the youngest son of Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Griffin ( Kean) Roosevelt (1858–1936), His elder brother was George Emlen Roosevelt. His maternal grandparents were Col. John Kean and Lucy ( Halsted) Kean (a daughter of Caleb O. Halsted, president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company). Among his extended family were uncles, John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean, both of whom served as United States Senators from New Jersey. He was a 1912 graduate of Harvard University. He served as the 1914 President of The Harvard Advocate.