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Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973

Interview by Monte Poen with Dorothy Rosenman

Interview by Monte Poen with Dorothy Rosenman. Mrs. Rosenman and her husband, Samuel I. Rosenman, were close friends with Harry S. and Bess Truman. In addition, Samuel was Harry's personal "New York lawyer." There are several stories cited about the Truman's visits to New York and the get-togethers and parties. She tells of the 1958 trip to France with them and how it was strictly a vacation. There was an interesting anecdote about the couples' visit to meet artist Pablo Picasso's at his house. Mrs. Rosenman says her husband was Mr.

Truman with Board of Trustees of FDR Memorial Foundation

President Harry S. Truman (front row, center) meeting with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Seated, left to right: Frank C. Walker, President Truman, and Samuel I. Rosenman. Rear, left to right: William D. Hassett, Theodore R. Gamble, Grace G. Tully, Isador Lubin, William Green, Robert E. Sherwood, George E. Allen, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, William Cronin, and Peter H. Odegard.

Truman with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in the Cabinet Room of the White House. President Harry S. Truman, seated in the front center, is flanked by Frank C. Walker on the left and Samuel I. Rosenman on the right. Standing, left to right are: William D. Hassett, Theodore R. Gamble, Grace G. Tully, Isador Lubin, William Green, Robert E. Sherwood, George Allen, Admiral William Leahy, William Cronin, and Dr. Peter Odegard.

President Harry S. Truman with the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training

Chairman Karl T. Compton (second from left) gives President Harry S. Truman (seated) the Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training at the White House as other members of the commission look on. L to R: (standing) The Rev. Edmund Walsh, Vice-President of Georgetown Univ. in Washington; Chairman Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Judge Samuel Rosenman, former special counsel to the President; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Industrial Relations Consultant; Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Lawyer; and Dr. Daniel Poling, editor of Christian Herald.

Harry S. Truman and the Rosenmans Dine at the Excelsior Vittoria in Sorrento, Italy

Former President Harry S. Truman, in the front of the photograph, dines with Samuel Rosenman and Dorothy Rosenman at the Excelsior Vittoria in Sorrento, Italy. In the background is the Amalfi coastline. The photograph has a large dark smudge on the upper left corner. The photograph was printed from a negative in the collection