Robert Dow (fencer)

Robert Stanley Dow (born March 8, 1945) is an American fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

Robert Stanley Dow

Personal information
Born	March 8, 1945 New York, New York, United States
Sport
Sport	Fencing

He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)), a Masters of Science in Civil and Environment Engineering from NYU and an MBA from Columbia University. He now serves as managing partner and chairman of the board of Lord Abbett.[2]

Raised in Westwood and Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, Dow is the son of Olympic fencers Warren Dow and Helen Mrocckowska, who both competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[3]

References

1. "Robert Dow Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
2. "Rober S. Dow". Retrieved August 3, 2012.
3. Fremon, Suzanne S. "State Has 13 on Olympic Team", The New York Times, August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Of all Olympic sports, New Jerseyans are most success ful in fencing. The fencing team of 20 members includes three from the state, Anne O'Donnell of Bayonne, Robert Dow of Westwood, Washington Township, and Jack Keane of East Brunswick.... Robert Dow's father, the late Warren Dow, was a member of the 1936 Olympic team and, after World War II, made the team again in 1948 and was chosen captain. Mr. Dow's mother, the former Helen Mrocckowska, was also a member of the 1948 Olympic team."