Robert Mosbacher
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| United States Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office January 31, 1989 – January 15, 1992 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William Verity |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Franklin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Adam Mosbacher March 11, 1927 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 24, 2010 (aged 82) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Pennybacker (1946–1970) Sandra Smith Gerry (1973–1982) Georgette Paulsin (1985–1998) Mica McCutchen (2000–2010) |
| Children |
Dee Robert Kathryn Lisa |
| Alma mater | Washington and Lee University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism (formerly Judaism) |
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1985 Newport Beach | 5.5m |
Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (March 11, 1927 – January 24, 2010) was an American businessman, accomplished yacht racer, and a Republican politician.
Mosbacher was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to Gertrude (née Schwartz) and Emil Mosbacher. His grandparents were German Jewish immigrants. After graduation, he went to Texas where his father had some oil investments and entered the oil business himself. He befriended future president George H. W. Bush in Texas.
Sailing as a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, Mosbacher led the team that won the Scoville Cup and the Midget Yacht championship for under-15 racers in 1940 on Long Island Sound. He went on to win the Southern Ocean Racing Conference championship in 1958 and the Mallory Cup, also in 1958. Mosbacher later appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, on May 18, 1959, with his brother Bus Mosbacher, for a feature article titled Kings of the Class-Boat Sailors. The article called Bob Mosbacher "the unquestioned master of fleet racing".
Mosbacher won the Silver Medal in World Championships Dragon class in 1967 in Toronto.
In 1969, he won the Gold Medal in World Championships Dragon class at Palma de Mallorca by one point. As of 2010, he was still only one of two Americans to have ever won the World Championships in the Dragon class.
He won the Gold Medal in World Championships Soling class in 1971 in Oyster Bay, NY on a boat named "Adlez" built by Abbott with rigging from Melges. He lost to Buddy Melges in the 1972 Olympic Trials (Soling class) in San Francisco Bay.Buddy Melges went on to win the Gold Medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany. Mosbacher won the Bronze Medal in World Championships 5.5 metre class in 1985 at Newport Beach. In 1988 he won the Scandinavian Gold Cup for 5.5 metre yachts.
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