Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg

Jewish Rabbi. Ordained Rabbi, 1945. Professor, University of Rochester. Member, Executive Council, Rabbinical Assembly of American Rabbis. Rabbi, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, Ontario,Canada, c. 1960's. Author of The Jewish Community in Rochester (1954), Man Is Free (1957), The Road to Confidence (1959), Bridge to Brotherhood (1951), and A Time to Speak (1960). Weekly Columnist, "Lines on Life." Beth Tzedec Congregation is the largest Jewish congregation in Canada.

Max Everitt "Maxie" Rosenbloom

(September 6, 1903, Harlem, New York-March 6, 1976, South Pasadena, California). American boxer and actor. Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1932-1934. Retired from boxing in 1939 and became an actor. Noted for his roles as a big, clumsy, punch-drunk, lovable lout. Known as "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom. Member, Ring Boxing Hall of Fame, 1972; International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1993.

Meir Rosenne

(February 9, 1931, Jasy, Romania-Alive). Israeli Ambassador to France, 1979-1983; Israeli Ambassador to the United States, 1983-1987. An archetect of the Camp David Peace Accords.

Abraham Michael "A. M." Rosenthal

(May 2, 1922, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada-May 10, 2006, New York, New York). American journalist. Foreign Correspondent, New York Times, 1943-1967, Assistant/Associate Managing Editor, 1967-1968, Managing Editor, 1969-1977, Executive Editor, 1977-1988, Columnist, 1987-1999. Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 1960.

Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

(June 8, 1923, New York, New York-January 4, 1983, Washington, D.C.). U.S. Representative (D-NY), 1962-1983.

Joe Rosenthal

(October 9, 1911, Washington, D.C.-August 20, 2006, Novato, California). American photographer. Noted for his photo of marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. Received Pulitzer Prize for Photography, 1945. A convert to Catholicism.

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Barney Ross

(December 23, 1909, New York, New York-January 17, 1967, Chicago, Illinois). American boxer. Born Dov-Ber Rasofsky. Lightweight Champion of the World, 1933-1935. Junior Welterweight Champion of the World, 1933. Welterweight Champion of the World, 1934-1935. Retired, 1938. Received Silver Star, WWII. Member, International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Dennis B. Ross

(1949-Alive). American diplomat. Director, Policy Planning Office, U.S. Department of State. Special U.S. Coordinator for the Middle East. A key negotiator in the Middle East peace process. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Leo Calvin Rosten

(April 11, 1908, Lodz, Poland-February 19, 1997, New York, New York). Author and humorist. Best known for his short stories about Hyman Kaplan and his books on Yiddish. Sometimes wrote under the name Leonard Q. Ross.

Eugene Victor Debs Rostow

(August 25, 1913, Brooklyn, New York-November 25, 2002, Alexandria, Virginia). Legal scholar and public official. Dean, Yale Law School, 1955-1965. Under U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1965-1969. Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1981-1984. Brother of Walt Whitman Rostow.

Walt Whitman Rostow

(October 7, 1916, New York, New York-February 13, 2003, Austin, Texas). American economist and political theorist. Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961. Chairman, Policy Planning Council, U.S. Department of State, 1961-1964. Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1966-1969. Noted as a staunch opponent of Communism and an architect of American policies in Southest Asia and Vietnam. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969. Brother of Eugene Victor Debs Rostow.