Former bodybuilder Stephen Rosati (1960–2013) was named Mr. Rhode Island in 1983, and he won Mr. All New England in 1999. Stephen ran a number of businesses and worked as a financial analyst.
W. J. Rorabaugh is Dio Richardson Professor of History at the University of Washington. He is the author of six books, including The Alcoholic Republic and American Hippies.
Paul S. Ropp is the Andrea and Peter Klein Professor of History at Clark University and author of Banished Immortal: Searching for Shuangqing, China's Peasant Woman Poet.
Steve Roper is a climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent. Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for 1983. He is the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award (1995).
Kara K. Root is the pastor of Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis and is a spiritual director and certified educator in the PCUSA. Her books include The Deepest Belonging and Receiving This Life. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Andrew Root is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Faith Formation in a Secular Age and The Pastor in a Secular Age. He is a frequent speaker and hosts the popular When Church Stops Working podcast.
Damon Root is an award-winning legal journalist and author. He works as a senior editor and columnist for Reason magazine. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Newsweek, New York Post, New York Daily News, New York Press, Washington Times, WallStreetJournal.com, Globe and Mail, and more.
In addition to his political accomplishments, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), the twenty-sixth president of the United States, is known for his achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, soldier, and author.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) was a politician, diplomat, humanitarian, and the longest-serving first lady of the United States. In addition to her political work, Roosevelt is the author of multiple books on her life and experiences, including This Is My Story, On My Own, and The Moral Basis of Democracy.
Barb Roose is an established author, a speaker at national women's conferences, and a regular contributor to (in)courage, Crosswalk, and iBelieve. She has written five Bible studies and four books and is the host of the Better Together podcast.
Christopher A. Roosa is a retired colonel from the US Marine Corps Reserve and is a combat veteran. He served in various positions in Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. For the last fifteen years he has worked as an independent contractor for the US government.