Francis Rooney
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L. Francis Rooney III (born december 4, 1953) is the current American Ambassador to the Vatican. He previously served as the CEO of Rooney Holdings (formerly known as Rooney Brothers Company), an investment and holding company based in Naples, Florida and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He is a graduate of the Georgetown Preparatory School, Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center.
Rooney is the majority owner of Manhattan Construction Company, the fourth generation of his family to own that company. Manhattan Construction built the Oklahoma State Capitol, the George Bush Presidential Library, the Cato Institute headquarters, the Prayer Tower and other structures on the Oral Roberts University and is building part of the new visitors’ center at the United States Capitol. The subsidiary won an estimated $100 million in Pentagon contracts in 2003, nearly four times the amount the company won in 2002, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
Activities in Central America
Rooney is a member of the Advisory Board of the Panama Canal Authority. He was among the U.S. delegation led by Colin Powell to the inauguration of Panamanian president Martín Torrijos.Political contributions
Rooney is an active contributor to the Republican Party and its candidates, individually and through Rooney Holdings. Rooney was named a Bush Ranger (for his work raising money for Bush's re-election campaign) and a Super Ranger for doing the same for the Republican National Committee.In September 2004, Rooney Holdings contributed $100,000 to Progress for America. The company was also an underwriter of the Bush 2005 Inauguration.
External links
- [Official website of Rooney Holdings]
- [Profile of Rooney Brothers Company from 2003]
- [Background and history of Manhattan Construction Company]
- [Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate], a July 2005 White House press release
- [Who is Francis Rooney?], a January 2005 article from MSNBC
- [Panama Canal Authority Appoints Six New Members to the Advisory Board]
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