Biography
Rukeyser was born in New York City, the second of four sons of financial journalist Merryle Stanley and Berenice Helene (née Simon) Rukeyser. He was the younger brother of Merryle S. "Bud", Jr. and older brother of William S. and Robert J. His ancestors came from England, Germany and Latvia, with his paternal great-grandfather arriving in the United States about 1840. He graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1950, and then attended Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in New Jersey, graduating in 1954. While at Princeton, Rukeyser's roommate was Wayne Rogers, who would go on to star as 'Trapper John' McIntyre on the hit television series M*A*S*H and much later was a guest on Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser due to Rogers' success as an investor.
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