About Francis Alexander Shields
Lived 1941 – 2003 (aged 61). Francis Alexander Shields was an American businessperson.
Francis Alexander Shields Jr. (May 16, 1941 – April 25, 2003) was an American businessman and an executive at Revlon in New York City.
Early life Shields was born in New York City.
He attended the Buckley School in Manhattan and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. (son of Hugh D. Auchincloss). They had three daughters: Marina Torlonia Shields, Olympia Torlonia Shields, and Christina Torlonia Shields.
An avid hunter and fisherman, Shields spent much of his free time at Canoe Creek, at a camp he owned in rural west Florida.
He was a longtime member of The Brook, The Bath and Tennis Club in Palm Beach, Florida, Piping Rock Club, and The Racquet and Tennis Club.
In 2003, Shields died in Palm Beach, of a "protracted illness" at the age of 61. After his death, the National Rowing Foundation offered the Frank Shields Fellowships.
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Who was Francis Alexander Shields?
American businessman
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Francis Alexander Shields was born on 16 May 1941 in New York City.
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Francis Alexander Shields died on 27 April 2003 in Palm Beach.
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Francis Alexander Shields was a businessperson.
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Francis Alexander Shields was American.
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