[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 279 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 279

  To commend Dr. LeRoy T. Walker for his service as President of the 
  United States Olympic Committee and his lifelong dedication to the 
  improvement of amateur athletic opportunities in the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 1996

 Mr. Stevens submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To commend Dr. LeRoy T. Walker for his service as President of the 
  United States Olympic Committee and his lifelong dedication to the 
  improvement of amateur athletic opportunities in the United States.

Whereas Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, as President of the United States Olympic Committee 
        from 1992 to 1996, and through a life long commitment to amateur 
        athletics, has significantly improved amateur athletic opportunities in 
        the United States;
Whereas Dr. Walker has contributed in numerous capacities with the United States 
        Olympic Committee since 1977;
Whereas Dr. Walker is the first African-American to serve as President of the 
        United States Olympic Committee in its one hundred year history;
Whereas Dr. Walker has furthered amateur athletics in the United States through 
        service in numerous other amateur athletic organizations, including the 
        Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, the North Carolina Sports 
        Development Commission, the Pan American Sports Organization, the 
        Special Olympics, USA Track and Field, the Athletics Congress, the 
        Amateur Athletic Union, the Army Specialized Training Program, the 
        American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 
        the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, North Carolina 
        Central University, Duke University, Prairie View State College, Bishop 
        College, Benedict College, and many others;
Whereas Dr. Walker was an accomplished athlete himself in collegiate football, 
        basketball and track at Benedict College, and an All-American in 
        football in 1940;
Whereas, as a track and field coach, Dr. Walker helped 77 All-Americans, 40 
        national champions, 8 Olympians, and hundreds of others, reach their 
        potential as amateur athletes;
Whereas Dr. Walker epitomizes the spirit of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, the 
        Nation's law governing amateur sports;
Whereas, Dr. Walker was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 
        1987;
Whereas Dr. Walker is recognized as a worldwide leader in the furtherance of 
        amateur athletics;
Whereas Dr. Walker will be leaving his post as the 23d President of the United 
        States Olympic Committee in 1996: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate commends and thanks Dr. LeRoy T. Walker 
for his service with the United States Olympic Committee, his lifelong 
dedication to the improvement of amateur athletics, and for the 
enrichment he has brought to so many Americans through these 
activities.

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