HOLDEN Robert V. Mulkern Sr. found a source of inspiration and a father figure in President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Joanna Mulkern, one of his two daughters, said her father s family would often gather to listen to FDR s speeches, which later formed his Mulkern s conception of government.
“They used to listen to his speeches and FDR did a lot in bringing the country during hard times to feel like they could pull through together,” Joanna Mulkern said, A lot of the social programs that came out of FDR s administration formed his ideals on a very human level and a societal level.