Laurence Jurdem
Laurence Jurdem, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor of history at Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. He is the author of Paving the Way for Reagan and The Rough Rider and the Professor.
![a close up of a person wearing a suit and smiling.](https://develop.bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Laurence-Jurdem_Photo-Credit-Andrea-Carson-cropped.jpeg?w=512&h=512&crop=1)
Roosevelt had become president but not in the way he wanted. Still, he understood that he had been given the rare opportunity to make history.