Clinton Rossiter
| Clinton Lawrence Rossiter III | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
July 11, 1970 (aged 52) Ithaca, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Historian, political scientist, professor at Cornell University |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ellen Crane Rossiter |
Clinton Lawrence Rossiter III (September 18, 1917 – July 11, 1970) was an American historian and political scientist who taught at Cornell University from 1947 to 1970. He wrote The American Presidency, along with 20 other books on American institutions, the United States Constitution, and history. He won the Bancroft Prize and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for his book Seedtime of the Republic.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1917. He was the son of Winton Goodrich Rossiter, a , and Dorothy Shaw. His father died on February 14, 1954 at 64.
Clinton grew up in Bronxville, New York, as the third of four siblings: Dorothy Ann Rossiter, William Winton Goodrich Rossiter (William also attended Westminster and Cornell University), Clinton, and Joan Rossiter. He was raised to give priority to family and social expectations. He attended Westminster preparatory school in Simsbury, Connecticut and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1939, where he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society. In 1942, Princeton University awarded him a doctorate for his thesis Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies.
Immediately after American entry into World War II, Rossiter joined the United States Naval Reserves and served for three years as a gunnery officer, mostly on the USS Alabama in the Pacific Theater, reaching the rank of lieutenant.
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