William Lowell Putnam III was an alpinist, author and retired broadcasting executive. He was Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory, a private astronomical research facility. He was the son of politician and businessman Roger Putnam and a member of the prominent Lowell family of Massachusetts.
- Occupation
- mountaineer, entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 25, 1924
- Died
- December 20, 2014
