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Richard William Duncan Pound, (born March 22, 1942) is a Canadian lawyer and author, and a former competitive swimmer. He is a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) based in Montreal, and a former chancellor of McGill University. He served as vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2000,〔 and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of that organization. Pound is a staunch advocate of strict drug testing for athletes. In 2005, ''Time'' magazine featured him as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". On April 4, 2014, he was appointed chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services. ==Early life and education== Pound was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, the eldest of four children. His father was an engineer at a pulp-and-paper mill,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dick Pound: Making waves at the IOC )〕 and the family moved often. His family moved to numerous Quebec towns, including La Tuque and Trois Rivieres. When Pound was six, his family moved to Ocean Falls, British Columbia.〔 He attended Mount Royal High School and Selwyn House School in Montreal.〔 In addition to swimming, Pound was a squash player and won the Canadian intercollegiate championship twice.〔 Pound attended the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, where he swam for the McGill Redmen from 1958 to 1962 and from 1964 to 1967.〔 He established school records in every freestyle event, winning three Canadian intercollegiate gold medals in each of his freshman, sophomore and senior years.〔 In 1962, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree and was on the Dean's List. One of his classmates was John Cleghorn. He received a licentiate in accounting from McGill in 1964 and got his chartered accountant designation the same year. He received a B.A. with honours〔 from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) in 1963 and graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a B.C.L. in 1967. He was honoured by the Scarlet Key Society〔 and was awarded the Carswell Company Prize. He served as managing editor of the ''McGill Law Journal''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dick Pound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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