Kramer Morgenthau: Difference between revisions

Morgenthau was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family, the son of [[Ruth S. Morgenthau|Ruth (née Schachter)]] and [[Henry Morgenthau III]]. His father was an author and television producer. His mother was professor of international politics at [[Brandeis University]], an advisor to President [[Jimmy Carter]] on rural development in poor countries, and in 1988 ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Congress in [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=RuthNYTObit>{{Cite news|title = Ruth S. Morgenthau, 75, an Adviser to Carter, Is Dead|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/nyregion/12morgenthau.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2006-11-12|access-date = 2015-07-13|issn = 0362-4331|first = Dennis|last = Hevesi}}</ref> His great-great-grandfather was businessman [[Mayer Lehman]]. He has one brother, Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964) and one sister, Sarah Elinor Morgenthau (born 1963).<ref name=MorgenFamTree>[http://www.mjhnyc.org/morgenthaus/MLS_tree.pdf Morgenthau Family Tree] retrieved October 3, 2015</ref> His grandfather was [[Henry Morgenthau Jr.]] the U.S. Treasury secretary during the Roosevelt administration; his great-grandfather, Henry Morgenthau, was the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I; his uncle is [[Robert M. Morgenthau]], Manhattan district attorney for 35 years.<ref name=NYTFleischmanWedding>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/fashion/weddings/tracy-fleischman-and-kramer-morgenthau-vows.html New York Times: "Tracy Fleischman and Kramer Morgenthau"] December 23, 2011</ref> He was raised in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=NYTFleischmanWedding /> In 2011, he married Tracy Fleischman in a [[Jewish]] ceremony at the former [[Cathedral of Saint Vibiana]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=NYTFleischmanWedding />