McGill's Love appointed Canada's chef-de-mission for Games in Serbia

MONTREAL -- Drew Love, director of athletics and recreation at McGill University has been appointed chef-de-mission for the Canadian delegation to the 25th Summer Universiade, also know as the World University Games, in Belgrade, Serbia, July 1-12.

Love, a Montreal resident originally from Ottawa,  replaces Dick White who recently stepped down from the post for professional reasons.

Love brings an extensive background in sports administration.  He served as chef-de-mission for the 2003 Winter Universiade in Italy, is a past-president of both Ontario University Athletics (2001-02) and Canadian Interuniversity Sport (2003-05) and spent 11 years as director of athletics and recreation at Carleton University before replacing Prof. Derek Drummond at McGill who retired in 2007.

It marks the third time that a McGill employee as served as chef-de-mission of the Games.  Robert  Dubeau, who served as athletics director from 1977 to 2005, was Canada’s chef-de-mission in Edmonton (1983) and Spain (1999).

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

Athletics & Recreation

McGill University

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