James L. Easton

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James L. Easton (born July 26, 1935 in Los Angeles ) is an American engineer, entrepreneur , archer , patron , sports official and Vice President of the IOC .

Life

James L. is the son of James D. Easton, who built the aluminum family business, founded in 1922 , by being the first to produce aluminum bows for archery since 1946. James L. studied after high school at the UCLA Engineering ( Bachelor , 1959) and was active as an archer. From 1959 to 1963 he worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach (California) . He then joined the family business and after ten years became the managing director in 1973. He had convinced his father to try his hand at other sports equipment and so they also produce ski sticks , ice hockey and baseball bats . From 1989 to 2005 he was President of the World Archery Federation . In 1997 he was inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame . He has been a member of the IOC since 1994 , which elected him 4th Vice President in 2002 and 1st Deputy President of Thomas Bach in 2005 . As a representative of a non-doping sport, he can represent both the old and the new spirit of the IOC. He is the President of the Easton Foundation , which u. a. Donated US $ 11 million to UCLA's Easton Technology Management Center . He has served on the UCLA Foundation's Board of Trustees since 1985 and received the UCLA Medal of Honor in 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.olympic.org/mr-james-l-easton | title = Mr James L. Easton | website = Olympic.org | auf. 15th March 2017
  2. ↑ http://www.archeryhalloffame.com/Easton%20James.html on . March 15, 2015
  3. ↑ James L. Easton . University of California, Los Angeles. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 18, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / engineering.ucla.edu
  4. ^ Company Overview of Jas. D. Easton, Inc .: James L. Easton .
  5. ^ Board of Directors .
  6. ↑ http://www.archeryhalloffame.com/Easton%20James.html on . 15th March 2017
  7. ↑ Arnd Krüger (2006): The calculation without the host? Olympism in times of globalization. In: Wolfgang Buss , Sven Güldenpfennig, Arnd Krüger (eds.): To re-establish the Olympic idea. Food for thought. (= Articles and sources on sport and society, Vol. 13). Wiesbaden: R. Stumm, ISBN 3-9808392-2-2 .
  8. ↑ UCLA launches center to expand technology leadership program . In: LA Biz , June 12, 2015. 
  9. ↑ Westwood . In: The Los Angeles Times , September 5, 1985. 
  10. ↑ Paul Feinberg: James Easton receives UCLA Medal for his 'tireless devotion' to university . May 15, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Easton, James L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sports official, entrepreneur, patron, and archer
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles