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American investment banker and sailor (1913–1994)
Alfred Lee Loomis Jr. (April 15, 1913 – September 7, 1994) was an American investment banker and Olympic sailing champion who won the Bermuda race twice. In 1977, he was manager of the Independence-Courageous syndicate, the yachting team that successfully defended the America's Cup that year.
He competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics in
London , where he won a gold medal in the
6 metre class with the boat Uanoria , together with
Herman Whiton ,
James Smith ,
Michael Mooney , who later married his daughter, Nancy, and
James Weekes .
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[2]
He graduated from
Harvard University in 1935
[3] and from
Harvard Law School in 1939.
[4]
He was the son of
Alfred Lee Loomis and Elizabeth Ellen Farnsworth. He was married to the late Virginia Davis and had three daughters, Candace, Nancy, Sabre and a son, Alfred, III.
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References
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"1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Sailing" " . databaseOlympics.com . Archived from
the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Lee Loomis" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on December 3, 2016.
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"Harvard Olympians - Harvard" . Archived from
the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
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"Alfred Loomis Jr., Olympic Sailor, 81" .
New York Times . September 13, 1994. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
External links
1908 :
Laws ,
McMeekin &
Crichton (
GBR )
1912 :
G. Thubé ,
A. Thubé &
J. Thubé (
FRA )
1920 (1907r):
E. Cornellie ,
Bruynseels &
F. Cornellie (
BEL )
1920 (1919r):
Brecke ,
Kaasen &
Rød (
NOR )
1924 :
Lundgren ,
Dahl &
Lunde (
NOR )
1928 :
J. Anker ,
E. Anker ,
Bryhn &
Crown Prince Olav (
NOR )
1932 :
Holm ,
Åkerlund ,
Bergqvist &
Hindorff (
SWE )
1936 :
Boardman ,
Bellville ,
Harmer ,
Leaf &
Martin (
GBR )
1948 :
H. Whiton ,
Loomis ,
Mooney ,
Smith &
Weekes (
USA )
1952 :
H. Whiton ,
Endt ,
Morgan ,
Ridder ,
Roosevelt &
E. Whiton (
USA )