Avery Brundage 1887-1975

 
Sept 28, 1887    Born at Detroit, Michigan, son of Charles and  Amelia (Lloyd)
 Brundage
1905  Graduated from Chicago English High School
1909
 Received B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois at 
 Urbana-Champaign
1912
 Represented  the United States at the Games of the Olympiad at
 Stockholm - decathlon 
1914, 1916, 1918  U.S. all-around amateur champion
1915-47
 Founder and President, Avery Brundage Company, builders
1926
 Director, Chicago Trust Company
1927
 Married Elizabeth Dunlap of Chicago (d. 1971)
1928-33
 President of Central Amateur Athletic Union
1928-33, 1935 
 President of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
1929-33
 President of the United States Olympic Association and 
 Committee
1930-52
 Vice President, International Amateur Athletic Foundation
1932- 
 Chairman, Roanoke Real Estate Company
1934
 Received James E. Sullivan Trophy from A.A.U.
1936-73
 Member of International Olympic Committee
1937
 Vice President and Director, Chicago Association of Commerce
1939-45
 President, Ranoke Hotel Corporation
1945-52
 Vice President of International Olympic Committee
1940-51
 President, Pan-American Games Sporting Committee
1952-72
 President of the International Olympic Committee
1957-59
 Chairman of the board, Susquehanna Corporation
1959
 Gave the Avery Brundage Collection of Asiatic art to the people of  San Francisco
1964
 La Pineta, Santa Barbara, CA home destroyed by fire
1973
 Married Mariann Princess Reuss
May 8, 1975
 Died at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

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