Name John Schlossberg | Religion Roman Catholic | |
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Full Name John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg Relatives John F. Kennedy (maternal grandfather)Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (maternal grandmother) Parents Edwin Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy Siblings Rose Schlossberg, Tatiana Schlossberg Uncles John F. Kennedy Jr., Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Grandparents John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Schlossberg, Mae Schlossberg Similar People | ||
Caroline Kennedy And Son Jack Schlossberg On JFK, Obama And Her Met Gala Dress | TODAY
John Bouvier Kennedy "Jack" Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993) is the youngest child of Caroline Kennedy and the only grandson of John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President. He graduated from Yale University in 2015.
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JFK Grandson's first television interview
Biography
Schlossberg was born in New York City on January 19, 1993, to designer Edwin Arthur "Ed" Schlossberg (born 1945) and Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929–1994). Schlossberg has two older sisters, Rose and Tatiana. Schlossberg's father comes from an Orthodox Jewish family of Ukrainian descent, and his mother is a Catholic of Irish, French, Scottish, and English descent. Schlossberg was raised in his mother's religion, and he also observes Jewish traditions, holidays, and holy days. As the lone grandson of President Kennedy and the First Lady, Schlossberg became the only surviving male descendant of JFK's immediate family after his maternal uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., died in a plane crash in 1999.
In eighth grade, Schlossberg co-founded ReLight New York, a non-profit organization which raised more than $100,000 to install compact fluorescent lights in low-income housing developments.
Schlossberg attended Yale University, graduating in 2015 with a degree in history with a focus on Japanese history. While there, Schlossberg wrote for the Yale Daily News and Yale Herald, and received EMT training. Schlossberg stated that he aspires to pursue a career in politics after graduating from Yale.
In November 2013, he attended the "Medal of Freedom Award Dinner" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his grandfather's death where he introduced President Barack Obama. Schlossberg is a member of the John F. Kennedy Library New Frontier Award Committee, for which he has acted as the award presenter. He is on the committee of the Profile in Courage Award and was the host for the 2014 ceremony.
In October 2015, he started working at Rakuten, Inc in Tokyo, Japan after his graduation from Yale University. He met Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten when visiting Sendai with Caroline, his mother and the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
