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...That was a sign that Rogge is determined to depart from the laissez-faire ethics of his predecessor, Juan Antonio Samaranch. An even better sign will be an aggressive reform of Olympic judging. But for now it's plain at least that he means to distinguish himself from Samaranch, who winked at controversies such as the bribery scandals that led up to the choice of Salt Lake City as the site of this year's Winter Games and routinely ignored reports of bogus judging. Rogge understands that the value of the Olympic brand is on the line. He was determined...
...Olympic movement. Acting like a CEO trying to get control over runaway costs and a bloated bureaucracy, Rogge has cut expenses by reducing the number of I.O.C. staff members attending the Games. He has also made it clear that his style is very different from that of his predecessor, Juan Antonio Samaranch, a man of expensive tastes. Rogge, a three-time Olympic competitor in yachting, is forgoing the considerable comfort of the I.O.C. hotel in Salt Lake City and has moved into more austere quarters in the Olympic Village on the edge of the University of Utah campus...
Though it was only briefly mentioned in his 1991 installation address, diversity became a top priority for Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers’ predecessor...
Summers has made unprecedented efforts to work with the council in contrast to his predecessor Neil L. Rudenstine, who attended no council meetings during his ten-year tenure...
...public service umbrella organization for a decade but, he equivocates, “I’m bad at dates.” In any case, it’s been a while. It’s been long enough, in fact, that Clancy and her predecessor Trevor S. Cox ’01-’02 decided in the fall to solicit PBHA cabinet members for a gift of appreciation to present to Griffin...