Alexander McCormick Sturm
Businessperson, Organization founder
1923 – 1951
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Who was Alexander McCormick Sturm?
Alexander McCormick "Alex" Sturm was an American artist, author, and entrepreneur who co-founded in 1949, the American firearm maker, Sturm, Ruger & Co. Sturm provided the start-up money and designed the Germanic heraldic eagle that is found on Ruger guns. He was the husband of Paulina Longworth. Sturm came from a prominent Connecticut family, and his wealthy mother was of the McCormick mercantile family. He was a Yale University graduate. Not long after the company had begun to succeed financially and gain traction, Sturm died from viral hepatitis.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1923
Westport - Spouses
- Paulina Longworth Sturm
(1944/08/26 - )
- Paulina Longworth Sturm
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Employment
- Sturm, Ruger & Co.
- Died
- Nov 13, 1951
Norwalk
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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