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William J. Bingham '16 made the following statement yesterday...
Throughout Bingham's 25 years as Director of Athletics, he has been highly respected in collegiate athletics. Recently he completed a long term as chairman of the powerful Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and his principal project has been the maintenance of honest amateur standards in athletics...
This policy had put him under severe fire from many quarters in recent years, but with the appointment of Lloyd P. Jordan as football coach last spring and the supposed athletic rebuilding, much of the alumni pressure was taken off Bingham...
...years old, Bingham came to Harvard in 1913, and as captain of the track team in 1914-15 held the College record for the quarter mile. Four years after his graduation in 1916 he was appointed coach of the track team and given the position of assistant to the graduate treasurer of the Athletic Association...
...March 1, 1926, Bingham was chosen as the first Director of Athletics and Physical Training at the University. At this time he was made a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and assigned to coordinate athletics, intercollegiate and intramural...