42 Facts About Dick Pound

Dick Pound was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.

Dick Pound is currently the longest-serving member of the IOC.

Dick Pound was a chancellor of McGill University and was chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services.

Dick Pound was born on March 22,1942, in St Catharines, Ontario, the eldest of four children.

Dick Pound's father was an engineer at a pulp-and-paper mill, and the family moved often.

Dick Pound's family moved to numerous Quebec towns, including La Tuque and Trois Rivieres.

Dick Pound later moved to Montreal in 1957 and attended Mount Royal High School in Mount Royal, Quebec.

Dick Pound received a licentiate in accounting from McGill in 1964 and got his chartered accountant designation the same year.

Dick Pound received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours from Sir George Williams University in 1963 and graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1967.

Dick Pound established school records in every freestyle event, winning three Canadian intercollegiate gold medals in each of his freshman, sophomore and senior years.

Dick Pound was honoured by the Scarlet Key Society and was awarded the Carswell Company Prize.

Dick Pound served as managing editor of the McGill Law Journal.

Dick Pound won the Canadian freestyle championship four times and the Canadian butterfly championship in 1961.

Dick Pound won one gold, two silver, and one bronze medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia and set a Commonwealth record in the 110 yd freestyle.

Dick Pound was president of the organization from 1977 to 1982.

Dick Pound was the Deputy Chef de mission of the Canadian delegation for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Dick Pound was director and executive member of the Organizing Committee for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and director of the Canadian Bidding Committee for hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Dick Pound was the former Secretary of the Canadian Squash Rackets Association, as well as a former member of the Pan-American Sports Organization Executive Commission and Legislative Commission.

Dick Pound was on the IOC executive committee for 16 years, as vice-president from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2000, and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of the organization.

Dick Pound revolutionized the Olympic movement using such deals to transform the IOC into a multibillion-dollar enterprise.

Dick Pound became known as an outspoken critic of corruption within the IOC, while at the same time supporting the leadership of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Dick Pound's criticisms were given a wide airing after the scandals surrounding the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics broke, and he was then appointed head of the inquiry into the corruption.

Dick Pound finished third behind South Korean Kim Un-Yong, who was one of those found to have participated in the Salt Lake City scandals, and who was later prosecuted by the South Korean government.

Dick Pound headed the independent commission that investigated the doping scandal in Russian athletics on behalf of WADA from December 2014 and presented its first partial report in November 2015, where the exclusion of the Russian Federation from international competitions was recommended.

Dick Pound helped found World Anti-Doping Agency, based in Montreal, and became the organization's first president.

Dick Pound was an especially harsh critic of the Americans, arguing that there is widespread doping, especially amongst their track and field team.

Dick Pound worked to expand WADA beyond the Olympics, calling on the major sports leagues to agree to WADA scrutiny.

Dick Pound chaired a commission investigating doping in Russia in track and field.

Dick Pound is a partner in the law firm of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Montreal.

Dick Pound is the author of several books on legal history.

Dick Pound did much of the reading of cases and the writing of the notes on international airplane flights to and from International Olympic Committee functions.

Dick Pound remained sceptical, claiming the NHL rules were too lax and unclear, and do not test for some banned substances, including certain stimulants.

Dick Pound stated his belief that NHL drug testing will have no credibility if it continues to be conducted "in-house".

Dick Pound said he was surprised by the personal nature of Armstrong's response because he had never mentioned the cyclist by name.

Dick Pound wrote that Pound was guilty of "reprehensible and indefensible" behaviour and "must be suspended or expelled from the Olympic movement".

Dick Pound responded that it was a clumsy remark that was taken out of context, and that in the particular French expression used, "un pays de sauvages", the French sauvages was not equivalent to English "savages".

Dick Pound has three children from his first marriage and two stepchildren from his second.

Dick Pound received an honorary doctorate from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne in 1988.

Dick Pound was awarded the Gold and Silver Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the government of Japan in 1998.

Dick Pound has been the Honorary Colonel of the Canadian Grenadier Guards since 2008.

Dick Pound joined McGill University's board of governors in 1986 and was elected chair in 1994.

Dick Pound served as Chancellor of McGill University from July 1,1999 to 2009.