Francis Alexander Shields

In 2003, Shields died in Palm Beach, Florida, of a "protracted illness" at the age of 61. After Shields's death in 2003, the National Rowing Foundation offered the Frank Shields Fellowships.

He formed his own real estate firm, Frank Shields Associates, in Palm Beach, Florida in 1989.

An avid hunter and fisherman, Shields spent much of his free time Canoe Creek, the camp he owned in rural west Florida. He was a member of The Brook, The Back and Tennis Club, Piping Rock Club, and The Racquet and Tennis Club. In 1980, Shields founded the Power Ten, a New York nonprofit organization that supports youth rowing and makes contributions to the U.S. National rowing team and U.S. Olympic rowing team through the National Rowing Foundation and Row New York.

In 1970, he married Diana "Didi" Lippert, former wife of Thomas Gore Auchincloss. They had three daughters: Marina Torlonia Shields, Olympia Torlonia Shields, and Christina Torlonia Shields.

In 1964, Shields married Maria Theresia "Teri" Schmon. They had a daughter, Brooke Christa Shields in 1965. In 1966, they divorced when their daughter was then five months old:

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.

Shields was born in New York City. 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. After his parents' divorce, his father married Katharine Mortimer in 1949.

Francis Alexander Shields Jr. (May 16, 1941 – April 25, 2003) was an American businessman and an executive at Revlon in New York City. He was the father of actress Brooke Shields.