FISU President Receives USSA Award
January 21st, 2008
FISU President George E. Killian (r) together with the other recepients of the 2008 USSA Awards, Monte Lorell, 2008 Ronald Reagan Media Award (l), and Lynn Wheeler, 2008 Distinguished Alum of the Year (c)
On January 18th, The United States Sports Academy honoured FISU President George E. Killian with its Eagle Award. The Eagle Award, the Academy's highest international honour in the Awards of Sport Medallion Series, is presented to a world leader in sports in recognition of that individual's contributions in promoting international harmony, peace and goodwill through the effective use of sports. The recipient of this award must have tempered strength with keen judgment in using authority wisely as a means of bringing nations together through sports for the betterment of mankind. President Killian has received nearly 50 international awards and honours and seven Honorary Doctorates from institutions in six countries. To briefly highlight the extensive list of Killian’s awards, he has received the IOC Olympic Order in 1996, two Commendations for the US Olympic Committee, the Olympic Torch for outstanding contributions to international sports, the Order of the Star from the Lithuanian NOC, the FIBA Order of Merit and the John W. Burn Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the USA and the world with programs in instruction, research and service. The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports. For more info visit its website at www.ussa.edu.
Previous Recipients
The Eagle Award has been presented annually since 1986 as part of the Academy’s Awards of Sport Medallion Series which pays “Tribute to the Artist and the Athlete.” Past recipients include Paul Tagliabue, Ted Turner, Arnold Schwarzenegger and HSH Prince Albert of Monaco. Also William Hybl, Chair of the FISU Legal Committee received the award in 2001. Previous Recipients 1986: Chong Ha-Kim 1987: Mario Vazquez-Rana 1988: Robert Helmick 1989: Ted Turner / Mikhail Gorbachev 1990: Bob Hope 1991: Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1992: LeRoy Walker / Juan Antonio Samaranch 1993: Paul Tagliabue 1994: Jack Kelly 1995: Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) 1996: Andrew J. Young, Jr. 1997: HSH Prince Albert of Monaco 1998: R. Kevan Gosper 1999: Dr. Harvey Schiller 2000: Alan Rothenberg 2001: William J. Hybl 2002: Arnold Schwarzenegger 2003: Ozzie Newsome 2004: Sargent Shriver 2005: James V. Kimsey 2006: Jim Bunning 2007: Harvey Schiller 2008: George E. Killian
