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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki became the first woman ever to lead a successful Olympic bid when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided Friday that Athens would host the games over rival Rome. She may also be the first woman organizer of the games...
Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is the vice chair of the KSG's Dean's Council, a 40-member group of prominent international figures appointed by KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye to advise him on international issues. The council meets twice yearly and has representatives from 14 different countries. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was recruited to join the council two-and-a-half years...
Canadian IOC member Dick Pound told The Crimson yesterday that Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's leadership was central in bringing the games to Athens, which had failed in its bid for the centennial Olympics...
This time around, pragmatic issues led the way. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's bid focused on fixing the high pollution, lack of infrastructure and insufficient facilities that doomed its previous attempt...
...Angelopoulos-Daskalaki] tackled the problems head on and had an answer for everyone," Pound said. "She got them off their high horse of saying that the IOC owes Greece....She exerted a real discipline over the whole process...