Selwa Roosevelt
Selwa Roosevelt | |
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 Selwa Roosevelt in 2014 | |
| Chief of Protocol of the United States | |
| In office April 16, 1982 – January 20, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Leonore Annenberg |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Verner Reed Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1929 Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Spouse | Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Selwa Carmen Showker "Lucky" Roosevelt (born January 13, 1929)[1] was Chief of Protocol of the United States for almost seven years from 1982 to 1989—longer than anyone else has ever served in that position.[2]
Early life
Selwa was born in the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, the daughter of Lebanese Druze immigrants, Salim Shqer and Najla Shqer. She lived there until her marriage in 1950 to Archibald "Archie" B. Roosevelt Jr., a grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. They were married for forty years until Archie died of heart failure in 1990.
An honors graduate from Vassar College, Lucky has worked as a journalist for The Washington Evening Star [3] and a freelance writer for numerous magazines, among them Family Circle, McCalls and Town & Country, where she was a contributing editor for seven years.
She was the longest serving Chief of Protocol serving between 1982 and 1989. In 2012, Lucky received a commendation from President Barack Obama for her government service and for helping to "save" Blair House.[4]
Her correspondence from Fleur Cowles is at the University of Texas at Austin.[5]
Works
- Keeper of the gate, Simon and Schuster, 1990, ISBN 978-0-671-69207-0
Notes
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- ^ World Who's Who of Women 1990/91, Volume 10. Taylor & Francis. 1990. p. 706. ISBN 0948875100.
- ^ "Council of American Ambassdors". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ Saturday Evening Post July 28, 1956
- ^ Roberts, Roxanne and Amy Argetsinger (2012-02-27). "The Reliable Source: Lucky Roosevelt gets presidential commendation". The Washington Post.
- ^ Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. "Selwa Roosevelt: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Collection of Fleur Cowles in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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