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Richard Stearns
Personal information
Full name	Richard Irving Stearns III
Nationality	American
Born	September 4, 1927; Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 25, 2022 (aged 94); Delavan, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sailing career
Class	Star
Club	Shore & Chicago Yacht Clubs
Medal record
Sailing
Representing United States
Olympic Games
Pan Am Games
World Championships
North American Championships

Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III (September 4, 1927 – January 25, 2022) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.

Biography

Stearns was born in Evanston, Illinois.^[2] In 1963, he won a gold medal along with Robert Halperin at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sailing Ninotchka.^[3]^[4] He also started the company Lands' End, in the Spring of 1963, with Halperin, Halperin's close friend Gary Comer, and two of Stearns' employees.^[5] He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lynn Williams.^[2]

References

^ Richard Stearns' obituary
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Stearns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
^ "Following the Fleet". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1963. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ "American National Business Hall of Fame". Anbhf.org. Retrieved July 12, 2011.