Myles Brand

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Myles David Brand (born  May 17, 1942 in Brooklyn , †  September 16, 2009 in Indianapolis ) was an American university and sports official . He served as President of the University of Oregon from 1989 to 1994 and from 1994 to 2002 in the same position at Indiana University . He then headed the American university sports association National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) until his death . The focus of his sport and university policy work was the commitment to a balanced role for sport in the American university system and the emphasis on the importance of academic education for university athletes.

Life

Myles Brand was born in Brooklyn in 1942 and earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964 . Three years later he received his PhD from the University of Rochester . He then worked at the University of Pittsburgh until 1972 before moving to the University of Illinois at Chicago , where he headed the philosophy department from 1972 to 1980. After moving to the University of Arizona , he also headed the Philosophy Department there from 1981 to 1983 and the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences as Dean from 1983 to 1986 . From 1986 to 1989 he served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ohio State University . In 1989 he became President of the University of Oregon , where he worked until 1994. In the same year he became president of Indiana University , a college with around 100,000 students in nine locations.

During his work at Indiana University, among other things, the university hospital was privatized and the computer science department was established. In addition, he initiated a very successful advertising campaign to increase the foundation's assets and to expand the university's public and private research funding. His decision in September 2000 to dismiss the popular and, with three national championships, very successful coach of the basketball team at the University of Bobby Knight after 29 years was considered controversial . The main reason for this decision, which sparked protests among the student body, was repeated allegations by players of physical abuse by the coach. Although he lost his reputation among the students and alumni of Indiana University because of this decision , the resulting public discussion and a speech in 2001 in which he under the title "Academics First: Reforming Intercollegiate Athletics" shaped the redesign of the university sports system called for his perception as an advocate of a balanced weighting of sporting and academic goals instead of prioritizing sporting successes.

In October 2002, about two years after Bobby Knight was fired, Myles Brand was named president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from January 2003. He was the first former university president in this position and was fundamentally different in terms of experience from his predecessor Cedric Dempsey, who had been an active athlete and coach. Even as the NCAA president, he continued to try to propagate his view of the weighting of sports and academic education. Thus, under his leadership, evaluation systems were introduced, which, under the names Academic Progress Report and Graduation Success Rate, enable both individual and university-related monitoring of the academic performance of university athletes and led to various disciplinary measures against universities whose athletes had below-average academic performance. He also strengthened the role of university presidents vis-à-vis the sports directors of the universities in decisions of the NCAA and also campaigned against the use of mascots and team names with reference to Native American traditions.

Myles Brand died in September 2009 in Indianapolis to pancreatic cancer after his illness became public knowledge in January of this year. He has been married twice and has one son.

Awards

The City University of Hong Kong (2002), Florida Southern College (2003), Indiana University (2009), University of Notre Dame (2009), Babson College (2009), and Franklin & Marshall College (2009) Myles Brand received an honorary doctorate . In addition, he received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Council on Education for his life's work in 2009.

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SURNAME Brand, Myles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brand, Myles David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American college professor and sports official, president of the NCAA
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 2009
Place of death Indianapolis