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WHERE DID THEY GO?

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A number of L.A. Olympic Organizing Committee staff members went on to significant jobs in sports administration. Here’s where some of them have gone:

Peter V. Ueberroth: The president of the LAOOC became commissioner of major league baseball.

Harry L. Usher: The executive vice president and general manager served as commissioner of the now defunct United States Football League and is now in charge of the 1991 Olympic Festival in Los Angeles.

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Chuck Cale: The commissioner of sports became a special adviser to the U.S. Olympic Committee and assistant chef de mission of the U.S. team in Seoul.

Anita DeFrantz: An administrator of the USC Olympic village became president of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles and a member of the International Olympic Committee. The chairman of the board of directors of the foundation is David Wolper, producer of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.

Conrad Freund: The committee treasurer became treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Foundation.

Kim Jasper and Anthony Daly: The medical director and head of drug testing, respectively, they took over a firm responsible for drugtesting in organized baseball.

Daniel Greenwood: The manager of relations with corporate sponsors became president of the Riverside International Raceway, which held its last race last month.

Debra K. Henry: The deputy to the director of ticketing became director of ticketing for the Calgary Winter Olympics.

Maidie Oliveau: This corporate relations and accreditations manager became executive director of the Women’s International Professional Tennis Council.

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Joel Rubenstein: The protocol director became marketing director for organized baseball.

David Simon: The chief of government relations became president of the Los Angeles Sports Council, a bidding group to bring international and amateur sports events to Los Angeles. The Council is chaired by John C. Argue, a vice president of the LAOOC board of directors.

Ed Smith,director of ticketing;Rich Perelman,director of press facilities; John Bevilaqua,public relations director, and Michael Mount,group vice president, became consultants to cities bidding for future Olympic Games and to various sports events.

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