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...President, Roosevelt ushered in the New Deal Era, when social welfare programs were instituted to combat the worst economic crisis in American history—the Great Depression...
...Doris K. Goodwin, the presidential scholar and Roosevelt biographer who delivered the memorial lecture at the benefit dinner for the restoration project, said that when Roosevelt returned to Harvard to deliver Harvard’s 300th Commencement address in 1936, he was not well received by the Wall Street barons in the audience. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...former University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who presided over the ceremonies, wrote in his invitation to Roosevelt, “[W]e hope you will choose for your theme for a brief address something connected with Harvard... and feel that you would welcome this opportunity to divorce yourself from the arduous demands of politics and political speechmaking.” The note ended with a request for Roosevelt to keep his comments to less than 10 minutes...
...language towards big business was “fiery,” Goodwin said, noting that Roosevelt “transformed America into a middle-class country...
...undergraduate, Roosevelt was exposed to an environment that was predominantly white, male, and Protestant. The record of his courses reveal that he may have had presidential aspirations even as an undergraduate—enrolling in classes that included Constitutional Government, Public Address, and Administration of the Government...