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Born in 1888, the grandson of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Patrick Kennedy had an enormous drive to acquire both fame and fortune. His often cited goal was to be a millionaire by the age of 35. Within a year and a half of graduating from Harvard College, he had progressed from bank clerk through bank examiner to bank president and was on his way. Publicity from being the youngest U. S. bank president opened doors to other opportunities. Soon his financial enterprises embraced real estate, the stock market and motion pictures. Kennedy's accumulated wealth by 1929 enabled him to establish one million dollar trust funds for each of his children. In the 1930's he began to put his intelligence, personality and money into politics. His involvement in Roosevelt's inner circle during the presidential campaign led him to believe he would receive a cabinet post. Although that never materialized, he was chosen to head the newly created Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulatory body set up to govern the financial community. Later, he headed the Maritime Commission. However, his most famous appointment was that of ambassador to the Court of Saint James. He served from 1937 until 1940 when he retired from public service and returned to the business world. In 1961 he suffered a debilitating stroke followed by relapses and heart attacks that left him virtually incapacitated until his death in 1969.       |
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| I91 | JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY JR.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. was the eldest and favorite son of Joseph Kennedy. Always considered the strongest and the bravest, he was extremely competitive and seemed to feel the keenest competition with Jack. His tendency for heroism and daring made him enter into some life threatening activities such as swimming the freezing and swift McClound River or taking a first time bobsled ride down a run on which experienced bobsledders had lost their lives. During World War II, he enlisted in the Navy, eager to fly and see action. Completing his tour of duty in 1944, he was packed to go home when he volunteered for a top-secret and dangerous mission without learning any of the details. Half an hour after take-off his plane exploded in mid-air. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I104 | JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
John F. Kennedy's charismatic personality was evident from early childhood, as was his competitiveness. His love of books and history, capacity for introspection and curiosity about ideas developed largely from the many hours he spent in bed with illnesses, starting with a particularly virulent attack of scarlet fever when he was two and one-half years old. Although he was often absent from school and illness forced him to drop out of a preparatory school and later, Princeton University, he graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940. With the 1944 death of his brother Joe, the family's political ambitions transferred to Jack. His road to the White House began with his election to Congress in 1946. Three terms there and he was ready to wrest a Senate seat from the popular Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Jack's foray into presidential politics started with his narrow defeat for nomination to be the vice presidential candidate on the 1956 ticket with Adlai Stevenson, Jr. In 1960 he sought and won the presidential nomination and subsequently, the election. When he took his oath of office on the old family Bible that had belonged to the first Fitzgerald to come to America, he was affirming the immigrant belief in America. On November, 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.   |
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| I107 | KATHLEEN "KICK" KENNEDY
Kathleen Kennedy was considered the most lively and vivacious of the Kennedy sisters. Nicknamed "Kick" by her father, the name seemed to reflect her love of life. While in England during her father's time as Ambassador, she fell in love with William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington. Though her family strongly opposed, they were married in 1944. Only her brother Joe attended from her side of the family. Kick's new husband was killed just 5 weeks later. After she began dating again she met Peter Fitzwilliam, another aristocratic Protestant. Because he was already married they kept their affair secret. In May of 1948 they decided to fly to Cannes for a long weekend. They ignored the pilot's warning that the weather was bad and they should cancel their trip. While flying over the Rhone valley, a storm pushed the small plane into the side of a mountain, killing all aboard. | WILLIAM JOHN ROBERT CAVENDISH
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| I125 | ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY
Robert F. Kennedy was intense and introverted with a black-and-white philosophy of life. Things, ideas and people were either good or evil and his purpose was to expiate the evil. Very religious, at one point he considered entering the priesthood. After graduation from Harvard University and the University of Virginia Law School, he worked for McCarthy's subcommittee on internal security and then for the committee of inquiry into racketeering and corruption in the labor movement. Based on these hearings he wrote his book on union corruption, The Enemy Within. Bobby played an instrumental part in Jack's presidential election, and was subsequently appointed Attorney General despite adverse public reaction. He presided over the Department of Justice for 44 months, gaining respect as he dealt firmly with civil rights and labor issues. After JFK's assassination Bobby became the head of the Kennedy clan and the inheritor of the Kennedy legacy. Elected to the Senate from New York in 1964, he used that office to gear up for a 1968 presidential bid. He became the champion of the dispossessed and tried to forge a coalition of the young, the poor, blacks and intellectuals. He was well on his way to the nomination when he was assassinated by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan June 5, 1968. |
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