Francis Alexander Shields

Shields was born in New York City. He attended the Buckley School in Manhattan and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended in the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he captained the crew that rowed in the Henley Royal Regatta in 1962 and was a member of St. Anthony Hall. ==Career==

Shields began his career with Wall Street brokerage Loeb Rhoades. He then worked in sales and marketing for cosmetics firms Revlon and Estee Lauder. He also worked for Handy Associates, an executive recruiting firm in New York City. He formed his own real estate firm, Frank Shields Associates, in Palm Beach, Florida in 1989. ==Personal life==

In 1964, Shields married Maria Theresia "Teri" Schmon. (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. ==References==