Richard Kerry
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Occupation(s) | Diplomat, lawyer |
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Relatives | Alexandra Forbes Kerry (granddaughter) Vanessa Bradford Kerry (granddaughter) |
Richard John Kerry (July 28, 1915 – July 29, 2000) was an American Foreign Service officer and lawyer. He was the father of politicians John Kerry and Cameron Kerry.
Early life
Kerry was born in
For a time, Fred Kerry was prosperous and successful in the shoe business. Because of his wealth, the family was able to afford to travel to Europe in the autumn of 1921, returning on October 21. A few weeks later, on November 15, Fred Kerry filed a will leaving everything to Ida and then, on November 23, walked into a washroom of the
Richard Kerry attended Phillips Academy, graduated from Yale University in 1937, and received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1940.[5]
Career
Kerry joined the United States Army Air Corps in World War II and volunteered to become a test pilot. He flew C-47s and B-29s until contracting tuberculosis, after which he was discharged. Upon returning to Massachusetts after convalescing in Colorado, he became an Assistant United States Attorney. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1949, where he worked in the office of the General Counsel for the Navy Department.[6]
Kerry entered the American foreign service and served as a
Personal life
Kerry met nurse Rosemary Isabel Forbes in 1938 in Saint Briac, France, where he was taking a course in the sculpture of ship models and she was training as a nurse. They married on February 8, 1941, in Montgomery, Alabama, while he was a Cadet in the Army Air Corps. They had four children: Margaret (born 1941); John Kerry (born 1943); Diana (born 1947); and Cameron (born 1950).[10][11]
Kerry died in at Massachusetts General Hospital on July 29, 2000, from prostate cancer complications, one day after his 85th birthday.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Kranish, Michael; Mooney, Brian C.; Easton, Nina J. (April 27, 2004). "John Kerry: The Complete Biography by The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b Whitmore, Brian (February 22, 2004). "Hearing of roots, Czech village roots Kerry on". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry.
- ^ a b c Kranish, Michael (June 15, 2003). "A privileged youth, a taste for risk". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
- ^ a b Berger, Joseph (May 16, 2004). "Kerry's Grandfather Left Judaism Behind in Europe". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
- ISBN 9781586482732.
- ^ Purdum, Todd S. (May 16, 2004). "Prep School Peers Found Kerry Talented, Ambitious and Apart". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Bruce Harrison, The Family Forest: Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort, 1998, page 3117
- ^ Richard J. Kerry, The Star Spangled Mirror: America's Image of Itself and the World, 1990 and 2004, title page
- ^ Evan Thomas, Newsweek magazine, The Solitary Soldier, August 2, 2004
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Miss Forbes, Lieut. Kerry Are Married, February 16, 1941
- ^ Boston Herald, Obituary: Richard J. Kerry, July 31, 2000
- ^ Associated Press, Richard Kerry, Father of Sen. John Kerry, Dies, Lewiston Sun-Journal, July 31, 2000