"[1] Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. was born in the White House on January 17, 1915, the first-born grandchild of President Woodrow Wilson.
He graduated from Belmont Hill School and Williams College and received his divinity degree from the Union Theological Seminary.
His ashes were interred later that month at the National Cathedral, where he had held the position of Dean and where he has been memorialized.
Sayre was awarded permanent, honorary membership at The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 1964.
The organization sought to recognize his work in overseeing the purchase and construction of the 53-bell carillon at Washington National Cathedral.
President
John F. Kennedy
signs S.J. Res. 51, authoring the creation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, a commission to plan for the construction of a permanent memorial to President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C. Seated (L – R): President Kennedy;
Edith Wilson
, wife of President Wilson. Standing (L – R):
Francis B. Sayre
, son-in-law of President Wilson; Senator
Harrison A. Williams
(New Jersey); Congressman
Frank C. Osmers Jr.
(New Jersey); Harriet Sayre, wife of Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr.; Reverend Sayre, grandson of President Wilson; Tom Sayre, Reverend Sayre's son (partially hidden); Margaret C. Brown, personal secretary to Mrs. Wilson; Jessie Sayer, Reverend Sayre's daughter; Under Secretary of the Interior
John A. Carver Jr.
;
Arthur Sweetser
, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
