Dan Hanley; Former Chief Physician for U.S. Olympic Team

Dan Hanley, 85, former chief physician for the U.S. Olympic team, died Sunday at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. As chief physician for several U.S. Olympic teams between 1960 and 1972, Hanley helped develop protocols for drug testing in the Olympics.

A native of Amesbury, Mass., Hanley played football, baseball and hockey at Bowdoin College in Maine. He went on to serve as physician at his alma mater for 33 years.

After receiving his medical degree from Columbia, Hanley served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II. He later was executive director of the Maine Medical Assn.

Hanley’s eye for athletics was reflected in the advice he gave his niece after she injured a knee skiing. He suggested she take up running. In 1984, the niece, Joan Benoit Samuelson, won the gold medal in the first women’s Olympic marathon.