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DESCRIPTION:The 91ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Association of Beijing invites you to a\ncock
 tail reception featuring a keynote address by Richard W. Pound\,\nChancell
 or of 91ºÚÁÏÍø and member of the International\nOlympic Committee
  (IOC). His keynote address will touch on the\nfollowing topics:\n\nThe Be
 ijing Summer Olympics\nThe evolution of the Olympics and its future\nDrugs
  and doping in sports\nHigher education in Canada today\n\nOn July 1\, 199
 9\, Richard W. Pound\, OC\, OQ\, QC\, LLD\, became the\n17th Chancellor of
  91ºÚÁÏÍø\, having previously served as\nChair of its Board of Go
 vernors. As a member of the International\nOlympic Committee (IOC) since 1
 978 and former Chairman of the World\nAnti-Doping Agency\, Richard (Dick) 
 Pound has a lengthy and\ndistinguished sports administration career.\nOver
  the course of his Olympic involvement\, Pound has been\ninvolved in virtu
 ally every aspect of the Olympic Games. He is a\nlongtime Executive Board 
 member and Vice-President of the IOC\,\nwhere he was responsible for all O
 lympic television negotiations\,\nmarketing and sponsorships. He also has 
 participated in numerous\nOlympic commissions as a chairman or member\, in
 cluding commissions\non eligibility\, the study of the Olympics\, and the 
 coordination of\nthe Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.\nOn the national front\, 
 Pound has played an active role with the\nCanadian Olympic Committee\, ser
 ving as Secretary General\n(1968-1976) and President (1977-1982) as well a
 s deputy chef de\nmission of the Canadian Olympic delegation for the Munic
 h 1972\nOlympic Games. He also supported Vancouver’s bid for the 2010 Game
 s\nas a director of the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation.\nAn accomplished a
 thlete in his own right\, Pound has won numerous\naccolades for his swimmi
 ng achievements. He was a double Olympic\nfinalist at the 1960 Summer Game
 s in Rome and won four medals (one\ngold\, two silver\, one bronze) at the
  1962 Commonwealth Games in\nPerth\, Australia. In addition\, he won sever
 al Canadian national\nswimming titles (1958 to 1962)\, which formed the ba
 sis of his\nmembership to the Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame and the Canad
 ian\nAmateur Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2002\, he was awarded the Gold\nMed
 allion Award by the International Swimming Hall of Fame.\n5:00-5:30 pm - R
 egistration and networking\n5:30-6:00 pm - Keynote address by Richard W. P
 ound\n6:00-6:30 pm - Questions and discussion period\n7:00 pm - Conclusion
  of cocktail\nDue to limited capacity\, registration is a must.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, Restaurant AMIGO by Top Cellar\, No. 6 Chaowai Dajie\, Chaoya
 ng District\, Restaurant AMIGO by Top Cellar\, No. 6 Chaowai Dajie\, Chaoy
 ang District\, Beijing
SUMMARY:Keynote Olympic Cocktail with Richard W. Pound\, Chancellor of McGi
 ll University
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