Louis Auchincloss

Lawrence-born Louis Auchincloss, a Wall Street lawyer who went on to publish more than 60 books in over a half-century career as an author, died on Jan. 26 in Manhattan. He was 92.

Auchincloss, a third-cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was born on Sept. 27, 1917, in Lawrence, to Priscilla and Joseph Auchincloss. He attended the Bovee School for Boys in Manhattan before graduating from an elite Massachusetts prep school called Groton. He attended Yale University, where he did not graduate, but managed to get himself admitted to the University of Virginia Law School, where he graduated in 1941. After starting his law career at the Wall Street firm Sullivan & Cromwell as an associate, Auchincloss served with the United States Navy in World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

Auchincloss practiced law until 1987, but was best known for authoring dozens of novels that told stories about New York's elite. Some of his most notable books included “The House of Five Talents,” “Portrait in Brownstone” and “East Side Story.” The longtime Manhattan resident was honored for his career as an author in 2005 when he received that year's National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush.