Author: Michael Weishan

• Lathrop Brown, Political Dilettante

  In this the third in a series of articles on FDR’s longtime friend and Harvard roommate, Lathrop Brown, we take a break from the Pare Lorentz interviews to focus a…

• Lathrop Brown and FDR: The Harvard Years

  (This is the second installment in a continuing series taken from the unpublished notes of filmmaker Pare Lorentz. For the introduction to these articles, click HERE.) The Lathrop Brown Interviews:…

• Third Annual FDR Memorial Lecture and Gala Dinner Plans Finalized

  Below you’ll find the official press release for the FDR dinner in February, with details for ordering tickets and securing accommodation. Just one important note for those of you who…

• Lathrop Brown and FDR: The Groton Years

  Sometimes, in the glow of presidential personality, it’s easy to forget the fact that there were two residents of the FDR suite: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his Groton chum, Lathrop…

• FDR Suite Foundation Receives 50K Pledge

  We are delighted to announce that the FDR Suite Foundation, Inc. has received a $50,000 commitment from the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust subject to finalization of the Foundation’s tax exempt…

• 110 Years Later: Harvard Changed? Yes, and No…

  This week, one of our student researchers, Nina Ranalli of Eliot House, has the guest columnist slot. Having myself spent a large part of the last two years sifting through…