OSS Rousseau, Theodore,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rousseau ​

• FORENAME

Theodore,Jr ​

• UNIT

OSS Ops Officer,Art Looting Investigation Unit ​

• RANK

officer ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Legion of Merit ​

• PLACE

Germany and Austria 1945-46 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1912 Freeport,Long Island,New York​

son of Theodore and Marta de Fremery Rousseau​

father died 1953,mother died 1931​

educated Eton College​

educated The Sorbonne​

educated Harvard University​

Assistant Curator of Paintings,National Gallery of Art,Washington,D.C.​

US Naval Intelligence​

Assistant Attache to the US Ambassador to Portugal and Spain​

OSS Art looting Investigation Unit​

Associate Curator,Metropolitan Museum 1946​

Curator of Paintings,Metropolitan Museum 1948​

married Virginia Franck prewar​

died of cancer day before retirement 1973 or January 1974 New York,New York​

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