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President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Appointment of 11 Members.

November 15, 1978

The President today announced the appointment of 11 persons as members of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. They are:

HENRY AARON, of Atlanta, Ga., the baseball star, now vice president of the Atlanta Braves;

ANITA DE FRANTZ, a staff attorney at the Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia, and a bronze medalist on the U.S. Olympic rowing team in 1976;

DOROTHY HAMILL, the Olympic gold medalist in ice skating, now with the Ice Capades;

MARY JOANNE JOHNSON, of Phoenix, Ariz., who is active in community affairs and supports a physical fitness program for housewives;

SAMMY LEE, a physician in Orange County, Calif., and an Olympic gold medalist in diving in 1948;

ALFRED J. McGUIRE, a commentator on college basketball for NBC, vice president of a sporting goods firm, and a former professional basketball player;

JAMES A. NICHOLAS, of Scarsdale, N.Y., an orthopedic surgeon and expert on sports medicine;

DINAH SHORE, the television show hostess, sponsor of the Dinah Shore golf tournaments;

CLAUDE E. TERRY, of Atlanta, president of a consulting firm specializing in environmental studies, and an expert on whitewater canoeing and kayaking;

JOSEPH B. SMITH, chairman of the board of Elektra/Asylum Records;

LEROY T. WALKER, professor of physical education at North Carolina Central and head coach of the U.S. track and field team at the 1976 Olympics.

Jimmy Carter, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Appointment of 11 Members. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244138

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