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Foundation for Global Sports Development Announces 2010 Humanitarian Award

Pound is a 1960 Olympic swimmer, attorney, tax law specialist, Chancellor of McGill University and high-ranking member of the International Olympic Committee. Pound has been well received in the international media over the past decade for his outstanding leadership as the founding director of the World Anti-Doping Agency. As a result, he has been credited with shifting the tide in promoting drug-free sport and leveling the playing field with international competitors.

Pound has played a major role in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the IOC Juridical Commission, the Television Rights and Broadcast Committee, and several other positions including heading up the Canadian Olympic delegation.

Dr. Steven Ungerleider, trustee and executive board member of the Foundation for Global Sports Development, notes: "It is truly an honor to give this award to Mr. Pound, a pre-eminent leader in healthy sport and someone who has changed the face of Olympic competition in his promotion of major anti-doping efforts."

The Foundation for Global Sports Development is pleased to announce Pound's acceptance of the award at a special ceremony in Vancouver at the February 2010 Games.

In addition to his Olympic and academic responsibilities, Pound is the author of six books, the father of five children, the husband of the pre-eminent fiction writer Julie Pound and a resident of Montreal.

About the Foundation for Global Sports Development

The Foundation for Global Sports Development is a 501(c)3 organization that develops and provides support for programs that promote sportsmanship, education, fair play and ethics among the world's youth. This is based on our understanding that today's young athletes will be tomorrow's playmakers and our belief that the combination of sports and education prepares young men and women to make a higher contribution as successful, responsible global citizens. For more information, visit www.globalsportsdevelopment.org.

The Foundation for Global Sports Development
Dr. Steven Ungerleider, +1 541-501-7030
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