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#UofTGrad16: Anti-doping crusader Dick Pound

Published: 3 June 2016

He started out as an Olympic swimmer and he’s been fighting against the current ever since.

...Best known as an outspoken advocate for competing clean, Richard (Dick) Pound has been the international face of the fight against doping in elite sport, particularly at the Olympic Games, for almost two decades through his work with the Montreal-headquartered World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

With a laugh, Kidd says a quote by U.S. President John F. Kennedy came to mind when he called Pound to ask if he would “step down to take a degree” from U of T. After all, Pound is a proud alumnus and chancellor emeritus of McGill University.

Read full article: U of T News, June 2, 2016 

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