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Like most of his Groton classmates, Roosevelt went to [[Harvard College]].<ref name= "Life Before Pres."/> He was a member of the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0130.html|title=Family of Wealth Gave Advantages|date=April 15, 1945|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Fly Club]],{{Sfn|Gunther|1950|p=176}} and served as a school cheerleader.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Almanac: The 1st cheerleader|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-1st-cheerleader/|access-date=December 1, 2019|publisher=CBS News|date=November 2, 2014}}</ref> Roosevelt was relatively undistinguished as a student or athlete, but he became editor-in-chief of ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' daily newspaper, which required ambition, energy, and the ability to manage others.{{Sfn|Gunther|1950|p=175}} He later said, "I took economics courses in college for four years, and everything I was taught was wrong."{{Sfn|Burns|1956|pp=18, 20}} | Like most of his Groton classmates, Roosevelt went to [[Harvard College]].<ref name= "Life Before Pres."/> He was a member of the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0130.html|title=Family of Wealth Gave Advantages|date=April 15, 1945|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Fly Club]],{{Sfn|Gunther|1950|p=176}} and served as a school cheerleader.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Almanac: The 1st cheerleader|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-1st-cheerleader/|access-date=December 1, 2019|publisher=CBS News|date=November 2, 2014}}</ref> Roosevelt was relatively undistinguished as a student or athlete, but he became editor-in-chief of ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' daily newspaper, which required ambition, energy, and the ability to manage others.{{Sfn|Gunther|1950|p=175}} He later said, "I took economics courses in college for four years, and everything I was taught was wrong."{{Sfn|Burns|1956|pp=18, 20}} | ||
Roosevelt's father died in 1900, distressing him greatly.{{Sfn|Dallek|2017|pp=28–29}} The following year, Roosevelt's fifth cousin | Roosevelt's father died in 1900, distressing him greatly.{{Sfn|Dallek|2017|pp=28–29}} The following year, Roosevelt's fifth cousin Theodore Roosevelt became U.S. president. Theodore's vigorous leadership style and reforming zeal made him Franklin's role model and hero.{{sfn|Burns|1956|p=24}} He graduated from Harvard in three years in 1903 with an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr-biography |title=FDR Biography |publisher=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum]]}}</ref> He remained there for a fourth year, taking graduate courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/life-before-the-presidency |title=Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency |first= William E. |last=Leuchtenburg |date=October 4, 2016 |author-link= William Leuchtenburg |publisher=[[Miller Center of Public Affairs]]}}</ref> Like his cousin Theodore, he was a member of [[The Explorers Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DECEASED members 1904 to 23 May 2007 - The Explorers Club |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/33936119/deceased-members-1904-to-23-may-2007-the-explorers-club |access-date=October 19, 2024 |publisher=YUMPU}}</ref> | ||
Roosevelt entered [[Columbia Law School]] in 1904, but dropped out in 1907 after passing the [[Bar examination in the United States|New York bar examination]].{{Sfn|Burns|1956|p=28}}{{Efn|In 2008, Columbia awarded Roosevelt a posthumous [[Juris Doctor]] degree.<ref name="posthumousjd">{{cite news|title=Presidents Roosevelt Honored With Posthumous Columbia Degrees|url=https://www.nysun.com/new-york/presidents-roosevelt-honored-with-posthumous/86666/|access-date=April 6, 2018|newspaper=New York Sun|date=September 26, 2008|archive-date=April 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406101950/https://www.nysun.com/new-york/presidents-roosevelt-honored-with-posthumous/86666/}}</ref>}} In 1908, he took a job with the prestigious [[law firm]] of [[Carter Ledyard & Milburn]], working in the firm's [[admiralty law]] division.{{sfn|Dallek|2017|pp=38–39}} | Roosevelt entered [[Columbia Law School]] in 1904, but dropped out in 1907 after passing the [[Bar examination in the United States|New York bar examination]].{{Sfn|Burns|1956|p=28}}{{Efn|In 2008, Columbia awarded Roosevelt a posthumous [[Juris Doctor]] degree.<ref name="posthumousjd">{{cite news|title=Presidents Roosevelt Honored With Posthumous Columbia Degrees|url=https://www.nysun.com/new-york/presidents-roosevelt-honored-with-posthumous/86666/|access-date=April 6, 2018|newspaper=New York Sun|date=September 26, 2008|archive-date=April 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406101950/https://www.nysun.com/new-york/presidents-roosevelt-honored-with-posthumous/86666/}}</ref>}} In 1908, he took a job with the prestigious [[law firm]] of [[Carter Ledyard & Milburn]], working in the firm's [[admiralty law]] division.{{sfn|Dallek|2017|pp=38–39}} | ||