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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 8, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO U.S. WINTER OLYMPICS CHAMPIONS
The South Lawn
2:47 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, please be seated. Mr. Vice
President and Marilyn -- I've been jealous of them ever since they
got to go to see a little bit of Albertville -- not as much as they
would have liked, but we were just delighted they could represent our
country, albeit briefly at this marvelous event.
And may I salute an old friend, Bill Hybl, from
Colorado, who is the President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and who
stepped into a difficult job and has done a superb job for our
athletes and for our country. I see next to him Oss Day, who was
also on our delegation that represented us over there. Welcome, sir.
And may I just salute all that are here today, fellow Americans, and
most of all, the very special athletes who did our country so proud.
(Applause.)
And a special hello to another athlete in his own right,
a former coach of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, who has just come, as
Dizzy Dean would say -- from "commemertating" on the NCAA basketball
tournament.
Now, a parenthetical note, and one of great importance,
and I think benefit to our country -- today we're announcing that
Digger Phelps will be a Special Assistant to the Director at the
Office of National Drug Control Policy. Next to Digger is Governor
Bob Martinez, who is doing a superb job heading up that office. And
now, Digger will be at his side, the side of the Attorney General
Bill Barr, and he's joining our efforts to take back the streets from
crime and drugs, working on our new "weed and seed" program, which is
terribly important to every community in our country.
Digger, welcome, officially, and please stand up.
(Applause.) Well, I'm so glad to see all of you here, helping salute
the Olympians. And let me say that it's an honor to have this team
here, though I almost didn't recognize you all without the
interruptions for commercials. (Laughter.)
The Olympics -- sorry about that one -- (laughter.) --
the Olympics have been described as "going for the gold." Well,
whether you took home a gold, silver, bronze, or simply just gave it
your best, in my book and the book of your countrymen, you're all
winners -- indeed, heroes -- and I think that's true for all
Americans -- look at it that way.
A book once proclaimed, "Let us now praise famous men.
The 1992 Winter Olympics praised famous women, and did they do it
well. I speak of champions like Kristi Yamaguchi over here, of
Fremont, California. And I know Kristi's got her own cereal now --
(laughter) -- but we know she's the real Special K. (Laughter and
applause.)
With us today, of course, is a champion whose specialty
is speed skating. Bonnie Blair was supported in her early days by
her hometown Champaign, Illinois, Fire Department. Now, after
becoming the first American woman to take a gold medal in two
MORE
- 2 -
straight Olympics she's set the speed skating world on fire.
Congratulations. (Applause.)
So did Cathy Cathy Turner of Rochester, whose story
even Ripley would disbelieve. A briefly retired speed skater, Cathy
gave up her job as a nightclub singer to return to her sport and win
the gold in short track -- a silver in the relay event. And I
congratulate her well done, well done. (Applause.) That brings
me to other members of what's been called "The Golden Girls." People
like Donna Weinbrecht of New Milford, New Jersey, winning the first-
ever gold medal in moguls skiing. or Juneau's Hilary Lindh, winning
the silver in the women's downhill -- the first Alaskan athlete to
win an Olympic medal. Hilary, you've made Alaska almost forget about
the Iditarod. Where are you?
I think, too, of Diann Roffe, Nancy Kerrigan, Amy
Peterson, Darcie Dohnal and Nikki Ziegelmeyer -- each -- each of them
winning bronze or silver. And also three-time Olympian Bonny Warner
-- who has now traded the luge for her new career as an airplane
pilot.
Bonny, you made the entire Olympics friendly skies for
America. Now, where is Bonny? Way up high. There she is.
(Applause.)
And then, members of the men's hockey team, of course,
have now all spread out, returned to a variety of careers. And I
know they 11 be as successful as they were at Albertville -- fourth
in the Winter Games best since the Miracle Team of '80. Team USA
was led by Ray LeBlanc from Fitchburg, Mass., who did a superb job in
goal. As an expert at taking a lot of shots, I know exactly how he
felt. (Laughter.) We can all learn from him.
No wonder they call Ray "America's Choice" -- just as
Nelson Carmichael, winning a bronze in moguls freestyle skiing, is
the choice of his home town, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Then, Paul
Wylie, a figure skater from Somerville, Mass., who won a silver medal
when some said he was over the hill at age 27. Don't worry, Paul.
Barbara and I know you'll get used to it. (Laughter.) Had to rope
her in on it.
At the end of this year's games, Paul Wylie received the
Olympic Spirit Award. Let me add, that spirit owes much to this
year's demonstration sport competitors -- the men's curling team of
Bud and Tim Somerville and Bill and Mike Strum, Jeff Hamilton in
speed skiing and Lane Spina and Sharon Petzold in freestyle ballet
skiing, all here someplace. Hold up your hands now so we can get a
little idea. There they are. Welcome, welcome. (Applause.)
But in the broad and in the truest sense, all of you
here today mirror America's Olympic spirit: The work ethic, the
desire to give of yourself and of your heart, the love of victory
and, above all, competition. Each quality makes the Olympics great.
Each, in turn, makes our country great.
In 1954, Dwight Eisenhower called the Olympics "the
means and methods by which some understanding of fair play and
justice can be developed among nations.'
Here is what we call it: human beings vying peacefully.
Athletes asking more of themselves. Excellence -- achievement -- the
boundless energy of the human spirit.
Each of you showed how the Olympics race can ennoble the
human race that cooperation and competition can produce a better
world. And you led the way to America's best showing in the Winter
Games since 1980 -- 11 medals, the most we've won on foreign soil.
And you pointed the way to Lillehammer in 1994. And you
gave the world a taste of what we'll do when America holds the Summer
- 3 -
Olympics in Atlanta in July of 1996. White House to the world: I
can't wait. And I know all Americans agree with me. (Applause.)
More than two millennia ago, a Greek statesman asked,
"Which would you rather be -- a victor in the Olympic Games, or the
announcer of the victor?"
Today, I am privileged to be the announcer of you
victors: Americans who showed what we mean by competition, decency,
self-reliance, self-discipline. Proving that the Olympics -- like
America -- are truly number one.
For that I thank you -- for coming to the White House.
We just welcome you once again. And may God bless you all -- and the
nation that you made so proud, the United States of America. Thank
you, and welcome. (Applause.)
END
2:58 P.M. EDT
March 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT SMITH
FROM:
JAG
SUBJECT:
'92 U.S. OLYPIC ATHLETES
1)
This was a Women's Olympics: 9 of the 11 medals were won by
women. All of the gold medals were won by women: Bonny
Blair won 2, Cathy Turner won 1, Kristi Yamaguchi won 1, and
Donna Winbrecht won 1 (freestyle skiing). This 14K team was
so impressive, the media soon dubbed them "The Golden
Girls."
2)
Bonnie Blair won her two medals in speedskating, becoming
the first American woman to win repeat golds ('88 and '92).
Note: in the early days, before she became established, she
was supported by the Champagne Fire Department, back in her
home town of Champagne, Illinois.
3)
Cathy Turner won a gold medal in the 500 meter short track
speed skating contest. She had retired from the sport and
was working as a part-time nightclub singer and cocktail
waitress. The 30-year-old Rochester, New York native made a
calculated gamble -- and a golden comeback. Guess she's
singing a different tune now.
4)
The goalie for the ice hockey team, Ray LeBlanc, was not a
career star, but became one of the Olypic heroes with his
outstanding performance -- taking the ice-hockey team into
the medal round. He was dubbed "America's Choice."
5)
Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal in the ladies' figure
skating event. This Japanese-American star is from
Freemont, California. Her parents were interned in interned
during WWII. Note: now she's got her own box of cereal --
she's the current face of the Special K box. Most people
think she's the real "Special K."
6)
The American team won 11 medals -- the best we've ever done
on foreign soil (or foreign snow?).
7)
Figure skater Paul Wylie won a silver. At 27, he stuck it
out when others said he was past his prime (joking parallel
to POTUS?). At the end of the games, he was honored with
our own Olympic Spirit Award.
8)
Bonny Warner didn't get her medal in the luge event -- but
her three-time olympian status makes her very impressive.
She's probably done more than anyone else for this
particular sport. She retired following the games --
returning to her career as a United Airlines pilot.
9)
Hilary Lindh won the silver medal in the women's downhill
and became the first Alaskan athlete ever to win an Olympic
medal.1
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THEMIS-THEOBALD
THEMIS, thē'mis, in Greek mythology, was the
guardian of divine law and order. As a daughter
The ancient sources were often unfriendly
of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth), she
Themistocles, portraying him as vain, ambitious,
was a Titaness. Possessed of the gift of proph-
and greedy. They blamed him for the radicaliza-
ecy, she for a time lived in the oracular temple
at Delphi but left it to become consort to Zeus.
naval policy that gave political power to a
tion of the Athenian democracy by promoting
By him she became the mother of the Horae
lower classes upon whom the fleet depended. the In
(Hours) and of the Moirae (Fates). In Olympus
fact, this did not actually happen until more
her mission was to give counsel to Zeus and to
than a generation later. The historian Thu-
preserve order. Her daughter Dike, the goddess
cydides, however, praised his judgment and fore-
of human justice, is often confused with her. In
sight. Themistocles was generally considered
art, Themis is pictured as a stately personality
from the Persians.
have been responsible for the saving of Greece to
holding a cornucopia and a pair of scales.
DONALD W. BRADEEN
THEMISTOCLES, the-mis'ta-klêz (c. 524 B. C.-
University of Cincinnati
c. 459 B. c.), was an Athenian general and public
official. As a champion of the lower classes and
THENARD, tã-nár', Louis Jacques (1777-1857),
an advocate of naval expansion, he became an
French chemist and discoverer of hydrogen perox.
archon (a magistrate) in 493-492 and began
ide. The son of a peasant, Thenard was born in
Louptière, France, on May 4, 1777. At the
fortification of Piraeus, the port of Athens, as the
Persian threat to Athens grew. He supported the
of 17, he went to Paris where he became labora- age
anti-Persian policy of the general Miltiades, and
tory assistant to Louis N. Vauquelin. Encour-
served as a general in the battle of Marathon
aged both by Vauquelin and Antoine de Fourcroy,
(490) against Persia. After Miltiades' death
he obtained a junior post at the École Polytech-
(489), Themistocles became the leading political
nique in 1798. In 1810 he became a full pro-
figure in Athens by using ostracism to eliminate
fessor there. He also held chairs of chemistry at
rivals. He may have been responsible for re-
Science. the Collège de France and the Paris Faculty of
ducing the importance of the archonship by in-
troducing election to it by lot. Thereafter, the
Thenard did much of his important work with
ablest politicians sought the generalship, which
J. L. Gay-Lussac. In 1808 they discovered boron,
and in 1811 they devised the first general method
was accorded annually by vote.
In 483, Themistocles convinced the Athenians
for analyzing organic compounds by oxidation
that they should use the silver from a newly
with potassium chlorate. Thenard discovered hy-
found rich vein at Laurium to build 100 to 200
drogen peroxide in 1818. He also introduced a
new pigment, Thenard's blue, which was made
new warships, ostensibly for protection against
by heating together certain cobalt and aluminum
Aegina, which had been at war with Athens, but
compounds.
really in preparation for the coming invasion of
Thenard was a prominent educational admin-
the Persians under Xerxes. In 481 he persuaded
the Athenians to cooperate with the other anti-
istrator, becoming chancellor of the University of
France in 1845. His textbook Traité de Chimie
Persian Greeks even to the point of giving nom-
(Treatise on Chemistry) ran to six editions. He
inal command of their fleet to the Spartans, the
died in Paris on June 21, 1857.
leaders of the Hellenic League. He also seems
W. A. SMEATON, University College, London
to have convinced the Athenians, even before the
arrival of Xerxes in Greece, to trust in their
THENARDITE, the-när'dit, or mineral sodium
ships-the "wooden walls"-and so to abandon
sulfate, occurs in salt lakes. The crystals are
their land and city, removing the women and
colorless to brownish and have a glassy luster.
children to Salamis, Troezen, and Aegina. This
Composition, Na₂SO₄; hardness, 2-3; specific
information is not contained in the traditional
gravity, 2.7; crystal system, orthorhombic.
account of Herodotus, but comes from an inscrip-
tion found in Troezen in 1959. After the incon-
THEOBALD, ti'bald, Lewis (1688-1744), En-
clusive naval battle at Artemisium and Xerxes'
glish scholar, poet, and dramatist, who was sub-
forcing of the pass at Thermopylae, Themistocles
jected to a brilliantly witty but unjust attack in
urged the other Greeks to fight in the narrow bay
Alexander Pope's Dunciad. He was born in Sit-
of Salamis. The decisive naval victory there in
tingbourne, Kent, and was educated for the law.
480, which saved Greece, was attributed to his
He practiced for a time as an attorney but soon
strategic and tactical planning.
devoted himself to literary pursuits. Although
After the Persian threat was removed in 479,
Theobald wrote some poetry and a number of
Themistocles incurred the enmity of the Spartans
dramatic works, his fame rests on his work as
by having the walls of Athens hastily rebuilt
scholar and editor. In Shakespeare Restor'd
against their advice. He vexed them also perhaps
(1726) he demonstrated the inadequacies of
by negotiating with their disgraced general,
Pope's edition of Shakespeare, arousing the ire
Pausanias, in an attempt to stir up anti-Spartan
of the great satirist, and the early versions of
feeling in the Peloponnesus. He may also have
The Dunciad (1728) conferred on Theobald an
wanted to cooperate with the Persians. Although
undeserved reputation as a pedant. (See DUN-
acquitted when brought to trial on the latter
CIAD.) He died in London on Sept. 18, 1744.
charge about 476, he lost his political influence
Theobald's first published poem was A Pin-
and was ostracized about 473. A few years later
darick Ode on the Union (1707). A volume of
he was condemned to death, in absentia, on a
verse entitled The Grove appeared in 1721. His
charge of plotting with the Persians and so fled
dramatic works include the pseudo-Shakespearean
to Asia Minor, where the Persian king gave him
Double Falsehood (1727) and the opera Orestes
the city of Magnesia-on-the-Meander to rule
(1731). Theobald's own edition of Shakespeare
over. He died there about 459. One account
(1733) displays admirable editorial gifts.
held that he committed suicide rather than help
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WINTER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: U.S. WINTER OLYMPICS
ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992
2:45 P.M.
Bill Hybl [HIB-bell], President of the U.S. Olympic
Committee. Osborne Day, from America's Winter Olympics
delegation. Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Americans and athletes.
Welcome to the White House. / And a special hello to Digger
Phelps, former coach of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish who's just
come -- as Dizzy Dean would say -- from "commertating" on the
NCAA basketball tournament. //
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I am pleased today to announce Digger's appointment to the the Dirat
curly of Bob Marting ( AG Bill
the
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Digger will be the
Bann.
point man spreading the word on our "Weed and Seed" initiative.
This pioneering program seeks to take back the streets from crime
and drugs. Respected among young people, Digger is the right man
to do the job. /
fights the problems of chugs +
drime that plague citles our not pally inner
Beginning today, Digger Phelps will be fighting drug abuse
In that spirit, he wanted to be here to help salute America's
Fighting Olympians of 1992. // Let me say that it's an honor to
have the U.S. Olympic team here, though I almost didn't recognize
you without interruptions for commercials. //
The Olympics have been described as "going for the gold."
Well, whether you took home a gold, silver, bronze, or simply
2
gave your best, you're all winners -- indeed, heroes -- in the
eyes of every American. //
A book once proclaimed, "Let us now praise famous men. " /
The 1992 Winter Olympics praised famous women, too. / I speak of
champions like the gold medal-winning figure skater, Kristi
Yamaguchi of Fremont, California. / I know Kristi's got her own
cereal now -- but we know she's the real Special K. //
With us today is also a champion whose specialty is
speedskating. / Bonnie Blair was supported in her early days by
her home-town Champaign, Illinois fire department. Now, after
becoming the first American woman to take a gold medal in two
straight Olympics -- and the only woman to win two golds this
year -- she's set the speedskating world on fire. //
So did Cathy Turner of Rochester, whose story even Ripley
would disbelieve. / A briefly retired speed skater, Cathy gave
up her job as a nightclub singer to return to her sport and win
the gold. / That brings me to other members of what's been
called "The Golden Girls. " / People like Donna Weinbrecht of New
Milford, New Jersey, winning the first-ever gold medal in moguls
skiing. / Or Juneau's Hilary Lindh [LIND], winning the silver in
the women's downhill -- the first Alaskan athlete to win an
Olympic medal. / Hilary, you've made Alaska almost forget about
the Ididarod. / /
I think, too, of Diann Roffe [ROF], Nancy Kerrigan, Amy
Peterson, Darcie Dohnal and Nikki Ziegelmeyer -- each winning
bronze or silver. / And also three-time Olympian Bonny Warner -
3
- who has now traded the luge for her new career as an airplane
pilot. / Bonny, you made the entire Olympics friendly skies for
America. //
Members of the men's hockey team, of course, have now
returned to a variety of careers. I know they'll be as
successful as they were at Albertville -- fourth in the Winter
Games -- best since the Miracle Team of 1980. / Team USA was led
by Ray LeBlanc of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, who did a superb job
in goal. As an expert at taking a lot of shots, I know how he
felt. //
No wonder they call Ray "America's Choice" -- just as Nelson
Carmichael, winning a bronze in freestyle skiing, is the choice
of his home town, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. / Then, there's
figure skater Paul Wylie, of nearby Denver, who won a silver
medal when some said he was over the hill at age 27. Don't
worry, Paul. You'll get used to hearing it. //
At the end of this year's games, Paul Wylie received the
Olympic Spirit Award. / Let me add: That spirit owes much to
this year's U.S. demonstration sport medalists -- the men's
curling team of Bud and Tim Somerville and Bill and Mike Strum /
Jeff Hamilton in speed skiing / and Lane Spina and Sharon Petzold
in freestyle ballet skiing. //
Yet in the truest sense, all of you here today mirror
America's Olympic spirit: THe work ethic / the desire to give of
yourself -- and of your heart / the love of victory and, above
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up her job as a nightclub singer to return to her sport and win
the gold. / That brings me to other members of what's been
called "The Golden Girls." / People like Donna Weinbrecht of New
Milford, New Jersey, winning the first-ever gold medal in moguls
skiing. / Or Juneau's Hilary Lindh [LIND], winning the silver in
the women's downhill -- the first Alaskan athlete to win an
Olympic medal. / Hilary, you've made Alaska almost forget about
the Ididarod. //
I think, too, of Diann Roffe [ROF], Nancy Kerrigan, Amy
Peterson, Darcie Dohnal and Nikki Ziegelmeyer -- each winning
bronze or silver. / And also three-time Olympian Bonny Warner -
- who has now traded the luge for her new career as an airplane
pilot. / Bonny, you made the entire Olympics friendly skies for
America. //
Members of the men's hockey team, of course, have now
returned to a variety of careers. I know they'll be as
successful as they were at Albertville -- fourth in the Winter
Games -- best since the Miracle Team of 1980. / Team USA was led
by Ray LeBlanc of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, who did a superb job
in goal. As an expert at taking a lot of shots, I know how he
felt. //
No wonder they call Ray "America's Choice" -- just as Nelson
Carmichael, winning a bronze in freestyle skiing, is the choice
of his home town, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. / Then, there's
figure skater Paul Wylie, of nearby Denver, who won a silver
3
medal when some said he was over the hill at age 27. Don't
worry, Paul. You'll get used to hearing it. //
At the end of this year's games, Paul Wylie received the
Olympic Spirit Award. / Let me add: That spirit owes much to
this year's U.S. demonstration sport medalists -- the men's
curling team of Bud and Tim Somerville and Bill and Mike Strum /
Jeff Hamilton in speed skiing / and Lane Spina and Sharon Petzold
in freestyle ballet skiing. //
Yet in the truest sense, all of you here today mirror
America's Olympic spirit: THe work ethic / the desire to give of
yourself -- and of your heart / the love of victory and, above
all, competition. Each quality makes the Olympics great. Each,
in turn, make America great. //
In 1954, Dwight Eisenhower called the Olympics "the means
and methods by which some understanding of fair play and justice
can be developed among nations." // Here is what we call it.
Human beings vying peacefully, not violently. Athletes asking
more of themselves than of a community of nations. / Men and
women celebrating what the ancient Greeks did. Excellence --
achievement -- the boundless boundaries of the human spirit. //
Each of you showed how the Olympics race can ennoble the
human race -- that cooperation, not confrontation, can produce a
better world. / You led the way to America's best showing in the
Winter Games since 1980 -- 11 medals, the most we've won on
foreign soil. / You pointed the way to Lillehammer [Lill a
hammer] in 1994. / And you gave the world a taste of what we'll
4
do when America holds the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in July of
1996. // White House to the world: I can't wait. //
More than two millennia ago, a Greek oracle asked, "What
would you rather be -- a victor in the Olympic games, or the
announcer of the victor?" / Today, I am privileged to be the
announcer of you victors: Americans who showed what we mean by
competition / decency / self-reliance / self-discipline. Proving
that the Olympics -- like America -- are truly Number One. //
For that I thank you -- and for coming to the White House.
God bless you all -- and the nation you made so proud: the
United States of America.
# # # #
Jennifer-
Here is the
Atlanta confirmation
and some other
information that
Might be helpful.
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1996 OLYMPIC GAMES
1996
At A Glance
What
XXVI Olympiad marking the 100th anniversary of
the modern Olympic Games
When
July 20 through August 4, 1996
Where
On September 18, 1990, the International Olympic
Committee selected Atlanta, Georgia as host city for
the 1996 Games.
30 of 31 Olympic events (including Opening and
Closing Ceremonies) will occur in the metropolitan
Atlanta area. Yachting will take place in the
Atlantic Ocean near Savannah, Georgia.
Of Note
The 1996 Games will be the first Olympiad held in
the American South and the first summer Games
ever held in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.
Atlanta is the only city to have won the right to
host the Games on its first attempt competing
against other cities.
The other bid cities were: Athens, Greece; Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; Manchester, England; Melbourne,
Australia; and Toronto, Canada.
Atlanta launched its bid for the Games in February
1987.
IOC Vote
Atlanta won the right to host the Games in five
ballots from IOC members by a final margin of 51 to
35 over its nearest competitor, Athens, Greece. A
ATLANTA
simple majority of 44 IOC votes was required to
ANDTHE
award the Games to any city.
OLYMPICS
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ATLANTA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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1996 Games At A Glance
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Volunteers
More than 70,000 volunteers will be enlisted to
help produce the 1996 Games
Construction
Some of the major facilities to be built for staging
the Games:
Olympic Stadium (85,000 seats)
Natatorium (15,000 seats)
Olympic Towers (housing for 9,000 athletes)
Water Polo Stadium (4,000 seating)
Velodrome (10,000 seating)
Yachting Marina (Savannah)
All construction is scheduled to be completed one
year before the Games begin.
Some modifications will be made to other sites
hosting Olympic events.
Visitors
150,000 persons per day during the duration of the
Games
Hotels
Atlanta currently has available 50,000+ hotel rooms
within a 20 minute radius of the Olympic Centre in
downtown Atlanta and another 20,000 within a 90
minute radius of the Olympic Centre.
Media
More than 15,000 representatives of the
international media are expected at the Games.
Financial
Forecasts
Revenue, including television rights, corporate
sponsorships, ticket sales and the Olympic Coin
Program is estimated at $1.161 billion.
Expense, including venue and village construction,
security, ceremonies and the cultural festival is
estimated at $1.005 billion.
Thus, a surplus of $156 million is projected. Most
of this surplus will be redistributed for the support
and development of amateur athletics.
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1996 Games At a Glance
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Preliminary
Economic
Impact
On the metropolitan Atlanta area is estimated at
$3.5 billion.
Upcoming
Games
1992 Winter Games - Albertville, France
February 8 through February 23, 1992
1992 - XXV Olympiad - - Barcelona, Spain
July 25 through August 9, 1992
1994 Winter Games - Lillehammer, Norway
Dates to be determined, 1994
AOC
Principals
Andrew Young, Chairman
Billy0 Payne, President
Charlie Battle, Executive Vice President
Ginger T. Watkins, Executive Vice President
Linda Stephenson, Chairman, Public Support
Horace Sibley, Chairman, International Committee
Bobby Rearden, Member, International Committee
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ALLEN, MARION H. III
AOC Board of Directors/Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
2
ANTOININ, HENRIETTA
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
3
APPLE, JANE W.
AOC Volunteer
4
ARANI, ARDY A.
AOC Board of Directors/President, Championship Grou
5
ASHER, BARBARA
Atlanta City Council
6
AYRES, SUSAN
AOC Staff
7
BANKS, CAROLYN LONG
Atlanta City Council
8
BARTELS, GERALD
AOC Board of Directors/Pres., Atlanta Chamber
9
BATTLE, CHARLES HENRY
AOC Executive Vice President/King & Spalding
10
BOCK, VIRGINIA L.
AOC Volunteer
11
BOND, MONIQUE F.
Atlanta Mayor's staff
12
BRENNAN, ROBERT MICHAEL
AOC Staff (Media)
13
BROWN, BENNETT A.
AOC Advisory Council/CEO, C & S/Sovran Corp.
14
BROWNLEE, SAMUEL E.
AOC Board of Directors/Fulton County Manager
15
CAHOON, SUSAN ALICE
AOC Board of Directors/Stone Mountain Authority
16
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM C.
Atlanta City Council
17
CANDLER, PETER M.
AOC Board of Directors/Duncan Peek, Inc.
18
CANDLER, SHANNON I.
AOC Volunteer
19
CHANDLER, RUSSELL
AOC Board of Directors/Chairman, Village Community
20
CLEMENT, ELIZABETH M.
AOC Staff
21
COHEN, RICHARD W.
AOC Board of Directors/M.D.
22
COLE, THOMAS WINSTON JR.
AOC Board of Directors/President, Clark Atlanta Univ
23
CRECINE, JOHN PATRICK
AOC Advisory Council/President, Georgia Tech
24
DAVIS, ALICIA
AOC Volunteer
25
DAVIS, JAMES K.
AOC Board of Directors/V. P., Georgia Power
26
DAVIS, MARY
Atlanta City Council
27
DEFRANTZ, ANITA L.
IOC Member (USA)
28
DEMENT, FREDERICK
AOC Board of Directors/V. P., Georgia Power
29
DILLARD, MORRIS J.
AOC Board of Directors/MARTA
30
DIXON, MARY CAROLYN
AOC Volunteer
31
DOOLEY, VINCENT JOSEPH
AOC Advisory Council
32
DUNCAN, ANNE
Atlanta Sports Council/Director, AOC Sports
33
DUNN, JAMES WILLIAM
AOC Board of Directors/DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
34
EASON, JUDITH H.
AOC Volunteer
35
EMMONS, JULIA VOORHEES
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta Track Club
36
FOWLER, CYNTHIA P.
AOC Board of Directors/Presenting Atlanta
37
FOWLKES, DOUGLAS L.
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta City Council
38
FRANKLIN, SHIRLEY C.
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta Mayor's Staff
39
GARDNER, HILDRETH
AOC Volunteer
40
GATLIN, DOUGLAS W.
AOC Executive Director
41
GRAVELINE, DANIEL A. JR.
Metro Atlanta Olympic Games Authority/GWCC
42
GRAY, JAMES ALEXANDER
AOC Board of Directors/Manning Selvage & Lee
43
HAMILTON, JOYCE H.
AOC Volunteer
44
HARRIS, ELIZABETH
Georgia's First Lady (wife of Governor Harris)
45
HARRIS, JOE FRANK
Governor of Georgia
46
HELMICK, ROBERT
IOC Member (USA)/President, USOC
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NAME
AFFILIATION
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HIGHTOWER, MICHAEL
Member, Fulton County Commission
48
HILL, JESSE JR.
AOC Advisory Council/CEO, Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
49
HOLDER, ROBERT M. JR.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn. & CEO, Holder Corp.
50
HOLLAND, LEWIS G.
AOC Board of Directors/Kidder, Peabody, Inc.
51
HUNTER, CECELIA CORBIN
Cobb County Delegation
52
JACKSON, MAYNARD
Mayor of Atlanta
53
JACKSON, VALERIE R.
Atlanta's First Lady (wife of Mayor Jackson)
54
JERNIGAN, RALPH W.
AOC Board of Directors/Treasurer, First Atlanta
55
JERNIGAN, SANDRA F.
AOC Volunteer
56
JOHNSTON, LYNN H.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn & CEO, Life of Georgia
57
JOINER, GORDON L.
Cobb County Delegation
58
KENNEDY, JAMES C.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn. & CEO, Cox Enterprises
59
KING, DONALD K.
AOC Board of Directors/Kim King & Associates
60
KING, MARTIN L. III
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta City Council
61
KNAPP, CHARLES BOYNTON
AOC Advisory Council/President, University of Georgi
62
KNOX, WYCKLIFFE A.
AOC Advisory Council/Knox & Zacks, Augusta, GA
63
LEE, KAY BARFIELD
AOC Volunteer
64
LEWIS, TOM
AOC Board of Directors/Sr. Exec. Asst. to Governor
65
LOMAX, MICHAEL L.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn., Fulton Co. Commissione
66
LOUDERMILK, ROBERT C.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn & CEO, Aaron Rents, Inc.
67
LUCAS, LEONARD L.
Fulton County
68
MADDOX, JAMES F. SR.
Atlanta City Council
69
MARTIN, CAROLYN L.
AOC Volunteer
70
MCCARTY, DEBORAH O.
Atlanta City Council
71
MCCULLOUGH, ROBERT F.
AOC Board of Directors/Arthur Andersen
72
MCDONALD, MARY
AOC Volunteer
73
MCINTOSH JOHN MOHR
AOC Chairman, Yachting Venue (Savannah)
74
MERIDETH, CHARLES W.
AOC Advisory Council/Chancellor, Atlanta University
75
MICHAELS, JOANNE T.
AOC Volunteer
76
MILLAR, FRANCIS REES
AOC Board of Directors/Hamilton Dorsey Alston Co.
77
MILLER, LINDA R.
AOC Volunteer
78
NEWTON, NANCY
AOC Staff
79
NORTHROP, GRANGER H.
AOC Advisory Council/Pres & CEO Callaway Gardens
80
PAYNE, BILLY
President, Atlanta Organizing Committee (AOC)
81
PHILLIPS, GRACE G.
Governor's Staff
82
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM B.
Metro Atlanta Olympic Games Authority
83
PINKERTON, JOHN M.
AOC Board of Directors/Chairman, Bid Preparation
84
PINKERTON, MICHAEL R.
AOC Volunteer/ Venue Coordinator
85
PITTS, ROBERT LEE
Atlanta City Council
86
PROW, ENOCH J.
AOC Board of Directors/Exec. VP, C &S/Sovran Corp.
87
REARDEN, ROBERT L
AOC Board of Directors/CEO, Duncan-Peek, Inc.
88
REID, JOHN
Atlanta Mayor's Staff
89
RICHARDSON, SPURGEON
AOC Advisory Council/Pres. Six Flags Over Georgia
90
ROBINSON, MARCIA
AOC Volunteer
91
ROUSAKIS, ELIZABETH
Savannah's First Lady (wife of Mayor Rousakis)
92
ROUSAKIS, JOHN
Mayor of Savannah
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AFFILIATION
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RUSSELL, HERMAN J.
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn & CEO, HJ Russell
94
SAMPLES, JARED L.
Atlanta City Council
95
SANDERS, PHILLIP H.
AOC Board of Directors/Cobb Chamber of Commerce
96
SAWYER, JOHN FRANCIS
AOC Board of Directors/Gwinnett Chamber of Commer
97
SCHILLER, ERICA
Wife of Harvey Schiller
98
SCHILLER, HARVEY
Executive Director, United States Olympic Committee
99
SECRIST, KATHERINE K.
Cobb County Delegation
100
SECRIST, PHILIP LEE
AOC Advisory Council/Chmn, Cobb County Commission
101
SELIG, STEVE
AOC Board of Directors/Selig Enterprises
102
SHAFFER, CHARLES MILTON
AOC Board of Directors/King & Spalding
103
SHELTON, DEBORAH J.
AOC Volunteer
104
SIBLEY, HORACE
AOC Board of Directors/AOC Chmn International Comn
105
SIBLEY, JOHN
Governor's Staff
106
SKINNER, B. FRANKLIN
AOC Advisory Council/Pres & CEO Southern Bell
107
SMITH, ARNITA MICHELLE
AOC Board of Directors/National Black Arts Festival
108
SMITH, HARRIET LEVINS
Cobb County Delegation
109
SPIKES, JESSE
AOC Board of Directors/Long Aldridge & Norman
110
SPRAGUE, TED G.
AOC Board of Directors/Pres., ACVB
111
STAHLMAN, SUSAN RAE
AOC Volunteer
112
STEPHENSON, LINDA P.
Chairman, Public Support, AOC
113
STEWARD, JANE H.
AOC Volunteer
114
STEWART, CONNIE W.
AOC Board of Directors/Assoc. VP, Emory University
115
THOMAS, JAMES S.
AOC Board of Directors/Arrow Exterminators
116
TURMAN, JANET G.
AOC Volunteer
117
VIEBROCK, SUZANNE S.
AOC Volunteer
118
WATKINS, DORETTA H.
AOC Volunteer
119
WATKINS, GINGER T.
Executive Vice President, Atlanta Organizing Commit
120
WHITE, MARY E.
AOC Volunteer
121
WILLIAMS, REGINALD W.
AOC Board of Directors/Atlanta-Fulton Co Stadium A
122
WILSON, RONALD W.
AOC Board of Directors/Pres. , Wilson Realty Co.
123
WISNER, CATHY DIANNE
AOC Volunteer
124
YOUNG, ANDREW JACKSON
Chairman, Atlanta Organizing Committee
125
YOUNG, JEAN CHILDS
wife of Andrew Young
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Contact:
Bob Brennan
404/874-1996
Meeting with the President in the Oval Office, 2:00 pm, Wednesday, October 3, 1990,
regarding Atlanta's selection as host city for the 1996 Olympic Games are:
1.
The Honorable Joe Frank Harris, Governor of Georgia
2.
The Honorable Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta
3.
Ambassador Andrew Young, Chairman, Atlanta Organizing Committee
4.
Billy Payne, President, Atlanta Organizing Committee
5.
Robert Helmick, IOC Member; President, United States Olympic Committee;
and, attorney, Des Moines, Iowa
6.
Anita DeFrantz, IOC Member and attorney, Los Angeles, California
7.
Harvey Schiller, Executive Director, United States Olympic Committee
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 8, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO U.S. WINTER OLYMPICS CHAMPIONS
The South Lawn
2:47 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, please be seated. Mr. Vice
President and Marilyn -- I've been jealous of them ever since they
got to go to see a little bit of Albertville -- not as much as they
would have liked, but we were just delighted they could represent our
country, albeit briefly at this marvelous event.
And may I salute an old friend, Bill Hybl, from
Colorado, who is the President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and who
stepped into a difficult job and has done a superb job for our
athletes and for our country. I see next to him Oss Day, who was
also on our delegation that represented us over there. Welcome, sir.
And may I just salute all that are here today, fellow Americans, and
most of all, the very special athletes who did our country so proud.
(Applause.)
And a special hello to another athlete in his own right,
a former coach of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, who has just come, as
Dizzy Dean would say -- from "commemertating" on the NCAA basketball
tournament.
Now, a parenthetical note, and one of great importance,
and I think benefit to our country -- today we're announcing that
Digger Phelps will be a Special Assistant to the Director at the
Office of National Drug Control Policy. Next to Digger is Governor
Bob Martinez, who is doing a superb job heading up that office. And
now, Digger will be at his side, the side of the Attorney General
Bill Barr, and he's joining our efforts to take back the streets from
crime and drugs, working on our new "weed and seed" program, which is
terribly important to every community in our country.
Digger, welcome, officially, and please stand up.
(Applause.) Well, I'm so glad to see all of you here, helping salute
the Olympians. And let me say that it's an honor to have this team
here, though I almost didn't recognize you all without the
interruptions for commercials. (Laughter.)
The Olympics -- sorry about that one -- (laughter) --
the Olympics have been described as "going for the gold." Well,
whether you took home a gold, silver, bronze, or simply just gave it
your best, in my book and the book of your countrymen, you're all
winners -- indeed, heroes -- and I think that's true for all
Americans -- look at it that way.
A book once proclaimed, "Let us now praise famous men."
The 1992 Winter Olympics praised famous women, and did they do it
well. I speak of champions like Kristi Yamaguchi over here, of
Fremont, California. And I know Kristi's got her own cereal now --
(laughter) -- but we know she's the real Special K. (Laughter and
applause.)
With us today, of course, is a champion whose specialty
is speed skating. Bonnie Blair was supported in her early days by
her hometown Champaign, Illinois, Fire Department. Now, after
becoming the first American woman to take a gold medal in two
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straight Olympics she's set the speed skating world on fire.
Congratulations. (Applause.)
So did Cathy Cathy Turner of Rochester, whose story
even Ripley would disbelieve. A briefly retired speed skater, Cathy
gave up her job as a nightclub singer to return to her sport and win
the gold in short track -- a silver in the relay event. And I
congratulate her well done, well done. (Applause.) That brings
me to other members of what's been called "The Golden Girls." People
like Donna Weinbrecht of New Milford, New Jersey, winning the first-
ever gold medal in moguls skiing. or Juneau's Hilary Lindh, winning
the silver in the women's downhill -- the first Alaskan athlete to
win an Olympic medal. Hilary, you've made Alaska almost forget about
the Iditarod. Where are you?
I think, too, of Diann Roffe, Nancy Kerrigan, Amy
Peterson, Darcie Dohnal and Nikki Ziegelmeyer -- each -- each of them
winning bronze or silver. And also three-time Olympian Bonny Warner
-- who has now traded the luge for her new career as an airplane
pilot.
Bonny, you made the entire Olympics friendly skies for
America. Now, where is Bonny? Way up high. There she is.
(Applause.)
And then, members of the men's hockey team, of course,
have now all spread out, returned to a variety of careers. And I
know they' be as successful as they were at Albertville -- fourth
in the Winter Games best since the Miracle Team of '80. Team USA
was led by Ray LeBlanc from Fitchburg, Mass., who did a superb job in
goal. As an expert at taking a lot of shots, I know exactly how he
felt. (Laughter.) We can all learn from him.
No wonder they call Ray "America's Choice" -- just as
Nelson Carmichael, winning a bronze in moguls freestyle skiing, is
the choice of his home town, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Then, Paul
Wylie, a figure skater from Somerville, Mass., who won a silver medal
when some said he was over the hill at age 27. Don't worry, Paul.
Barbara and I know you'll get used to it. (Laughter.) Had to rope
her in on it.
At the end of this year's games, Paul Wylie received the
Olympic Spirit Award. Let me add, that spirit owes much to this
year's demonstration sport competitors the men's curling team of
Bud and Tim Somerville and Bill and Mike Strum, Jeff Hamilton in
speed skiing and Lane Spina and Sharon Petzold in freestyle ballet
skiing, all here someplace. Hold up your hands now so we can get a
little idea. There they are. Welcome, welcome. (Applause.)
But in the broad and in the truest sense, all of you
here today mirror America's Olympic spirit: The work ethic, the
desire to give of yourself and of your heart, the love of victory
and, above all, competition. Each quality makes the Olympics great.
Each, in turn, makes our country great.
In 1954, Dwight Eisenhower called the Olympics "the
means and methods by which some understanding of fair play and
justice can be developed among nations."
Here is what we call it: human beings vying peacefully.
Athletes asking more of themselves. Excellence -- achievement -- the
boundless energy of the human spirit.
Each of you showed how the Olympics race can ennoble the
human race that cooperation and competition can produce a better
world. And you led the way to America's best showing in the Winter
Games since 1980 -- 11 medals, the most we've won on foreign soil.
And you pointed the way to Lillehammer in 1994. And you
gave the world a taste of what we'll do when America holds the Summer
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Olympics in Atlanta in July of 1996. White House to the world: I
can't wait. And I know all Americans agree with me. (Applause.)
More than two millennia ago, a Greek statesman asked,
"Which would you rather be -- a victor in the Olympic Games, or the
announcer of the victor?"
Today, I am privileged to be the announcer of you
victors: Americans who showed what we mean by competition, decency,
self-reliance, self-discipline. Proving that the Olympics -- like
America -- are truly number one.
For that I thank you -- for coming to the White House.
We just welcome you once again. And may God bless you all -- and the
nation that you made so proud, the United States of America. Thank
you, and welcome. (Applause.)
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