Alexander McCormick Sturm

1923 - 1951  (28 years)

• Name	Alexander McCormick Sturm
  Born	24 Jun 1923	Westport, CT
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1951	Norwalk, CT
  Buried	Willowbrook Cemetery Westport Fairfield Co. CT
  	Grave location: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26019813
  Notes	He was was an American artist and writer who was a co-founder of Sturm, Ruger, a firearms manufacturer. As a writer and artist, he was, during his life, perhaps best known for his two popular illustrated children's books, The Problem Fox and From Ambush to Zig-zag, both published before he graduated from Yale, and for his playboy bon vivant lifestyle among the rich and famous. Always sickly, Alexander Sturm became seriously ill in 1951 with hepatitis and died suddenly and unexpectedly. His wife, Paulina Longworth Sturm, died in 1957. Their daughter Joanna Sturm was raised by her grandmother Alice Roosevelt Longworth, who was the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McCormick_Sturm
  Person ID	I10478	Master File
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Paulina Longworth,   b. 14 Feb 1925, Washington, DC ,   d. 27 Jan 1957, Washington, DC  (Age 31 years)
  Married	1944
  Children	1. Joanna Mercedes Alessandra Sturm,   b. 09 Jul 1946
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F6683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart