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    Francis Alexander Shields

    American businessman (–)

    Francis Alexander Shields Jr. (May 16, &#; April 25, ) was an American businessman and an executive at Revlon in New York City.[1][2] He was the father of actress Brooke Shields.[3]

    Early life

    Shields was born in New York City.[1] He was the eldest son of Francis Xavier Alexander Sr., a top-ranking American tennis player and Davis Cup winner, and Italian Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi.[2][1] After his parents' divorce, his father married Katharine Mortimer in [4]

    He attended the Buckley School in Manhattan and St.

    Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.[1] He attended in the University of Pennsylvania.[1] While at Penn, he captained the crew that rowed in the Henley Royal Regatta in and was a member of St.

    Anthony Hall.[5]

    Career

    Shields began his career with Wall Street brokerage Loeb Rhoades.[1