He received a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Elisabeth X at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Johan Ferner, Erik Heiberg, Finn Ferner and Carl Mortensen.

[2] He was an all-American ski jumper at Dartmouth College.

He has been married to wife Jean for more than 50 years, and they have three daughters, Elisabeth, Marianne and Karin.

He was on the board of directors of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

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