In West Virginia, the name”Roosevelt”stirs recollections of the former Presidents Depression-era social programs, including late First Lady Eleanors successful West Virginia homesteading experiments in Arthurdale and Red House Farms (now the town of Eleanor).
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, a Roosevelt grandson �€James Roosevelt, Jr. �€will bring his 25-plus years of expertise in health care law to the WVU College of Law in a 3:30 p.m. talk,”Health Law in the Public Spotlight,”in the Law Center Marlyn Lugar Courtroom.
Roosevelt is senior vice president and general counsel for the Tufts Health Plan, the No. 1 ranked HMO of Metro Boston with a current membership approaching one million.
A 1971 graduate of HarvardLawSchool, Roosevelt served three years as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Generals Corp before joining New York City and Boston law firms, practicing in the areas of health care law, general litigation and non-profit corporate issues. Prior to joining Tufts, he spent 10 years as a partner with the Boston firm of Choate Hall&Stewart.
From 1998-99, Roosevelt served as Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy for the Social Security Administration. He has also served as chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and has been a member of the Washington, D.C. Advisory Board for the Center for National Policy. He is a past second vice president of the HarvardMedicalCenter and a trustee for MountAuburnHospital and the Massachusetts Hospital Association. In September, Roosevelt became president of the American Health Lawyers Association.
The John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine is made possible by Thomas S. Clark and Jean Clark, formerly of Morgantown and now residing in Bruceton. Their half-million dollar pledge establishes the _ WVU Clark Family Lecture Series_ , encompassing 10 fields of study throughout the University. The Fisher Lecture was created in recognition of current WVU Dean John W. Fisher II, the colleges 15th steward.
The Oct. 23 lecture is open to the public.
