[2] He received a Rhodes Scholarship but due to the outbreak of war in Europe did not attend Oxford.
[3] He then joined the Treasury, under John F. Kennedy, as Undersecretary for Monetary Affairs,[3] where he helped to address the balance of payments problem facing America at that time.
[4] One of his solutions was the creation of bonds that would attract and allow foreign holders of dollars to turn them into long-term assets as an alternative to buying U.S.
Roosa joined the Wall Street firm Brown Brothers Harriman as a partner, in 1965.
He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission, a non-governmental organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between North America, Western Europe, and Japan.