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OLIN J. STEPHENS II
Pages 332-337

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From page 333...
... He quickly achieved recognition and professional success, based on his astute intuition and industry. After a short apprenticeship working with naval architects in New York, Olin formed a partnership with the yacht broker Drake Sparkman.
From page 334...
... In 1933 Olin began a momentous collaboration with Professor Kenneth Davidson of Stevens Institute of Technology. Davidson was developing techniques for testing small-scale models of sailing hulls, initially in the swimming pool at Stevens and later in a small towing tank.
From page 335...
... In the case of the 1937 America's Cup four competing hull designs were produced by Stephens and Burgess, and the final design was selected based on tests in the towing tank. With characteristic modesty Olin broke their agreed silence after Burgess died, to correct the erroneous presumption that Stephens had designed the hull that was selected for Ranger.
From page 336...
... In 1993 he was awarded the Gibbs Brothers Medal by the National Academy of Sciences "For his design of outstanding sailing vessels, including six defenders of the America's Cup and thousands of ocean-racing yachts, and for promoting the use of scientific knowledge and research in the field of naval architecture." In 1994 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He received honorary degrees from Brown University, Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Venice (Italy)
From page 337...
... After his retirement in 1978 Olin and Susie lived in Vermont near their sons Olin III and Samuel. Later they moved to a retirement community in Hanover, New Hampshire, where Susie died in 1993.


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