Lee Loomis | |
Full Name: | Alfred Lee Loomis Jr. |
Birth Place: | Tuxedo Park, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
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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.[1] [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.