Alfred Loomis (sailor)

{{short description|American investment banker and sailor (1913–1994)}}

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{{Infobox sailor

| name = Lee Loomis

| full_name = Alfred Lee Loomis Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth-date|April 15, 1913}}

| birth_place = Tuxedo Park, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|September 7, 1994|April 15, 1913}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's sailing}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold| 1948 London | 6 metre class}}

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=YAT |title=1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Sailing" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830113258/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=YAT |archive-date=August 30, 2007 |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=May 31, 2008}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Lee Loomis |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/lee-loomis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203133950/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/lee-loomis-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}

He graduated from Harvard University in 1935{{Cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/information/history/olympians |title=Harvard Olympians – Harvard |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708053836/https://www.gocrimson.com/information/history/olympians |url-status=dead }} and from Harvard Law School in 1939.{{cite news |title=Alfred Loomis Jr., Olympic Sailor, 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/13/obituaries/alfred-loomis-jr-olympic-sailor-81.html |access-date=February 22, 2018 |work=New York Times |date=September 13, 1994}}

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.