Education
He attended Ecole Gory School from 1920 to 1925 and Saint Mark"s School from 1928 to 1930. lieutenant is unknown whether Sears later attended Yale or the Brooks School.
He attended Ecole Gory School from 1920 to 1925 and Saint Mark"s School from 1928 to 1930. lieutenant is unknown whether Sears later attended Yale or the Brooks School.
Sears began sailing at the age of eight. As a child, his family spent three months of the year in each of Boston, Massachusetts. Paris, France; Beverly, Massachusetts.
And Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
The Atlantis
At the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sears worked on the ship Atlantis, where he measured the temperatures and salinity off the waters of Maine. While on the ship, he recorded and preserved several unknown fish species, in genus Searsia of family Platytroctidae: Searsia koefoedi and Searsia polycoeca.
Sears" preserved specimens are now located at the Peabody Museum. He used United States$85,000 to start the Sears Foundation, which published the first Journal of Marine Research and the book Fishes of the Western North America.
With the beginning of, Sears entered the program for training officers for the United States. Naval Reserve.
He served as captain of the United States Ship Wesson (Delaware-184) and as commanding officer for the United States Ship Pillsbury. In 1956, he was elected commodore of the New York Yacht Club. The America"s Cup
In 1956, after a 19-year hiatus in America"s Cup Racing, Sears appealed to the Supreme Court of New York to amend the Cup"s deed of gift.
Sears" appeal reinstated the competition in smaller 12-meter yachts.