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Ronald Harvey : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ronald Harvey
Ronald George Harvey, AM, CVO, (born 9 June 1934) is a former senior Australian public servant and sport administrator. He was the third Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, serving in the role from 1987 until 1989. Harvey was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and attended Perth Boys High School.〔 He left school at the age of fourteen. ==Sporting career==
He moved to Canberra in 1960 and became involved in basketball from a playing, coaching and administrative perspective. In 1967, he played a major role in the Australian Capital Territory breaking away from New South Wales basketball.〔 In 1979, he was involved with the establishment of the Canberra Cannons basketball team and between 1981 to 1986 acted as the club's chairman and general manager.〔 He was the National Basketball League(NBL) chairman from 1983 to 1987.〔 He left this position in 1987, when appointed the third Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. His time at the AIS was challenging on two fronts, due to the merger of the AIS with the Australian Sports Commission with the latter organisation taking responsibility for federal government administration of sport.〔 Shortly after his arrival at the AIS, there was a Senate inquiry into drugs in sport which examined allegations against AIS staff and athletes. After leaving the Australian Sports Commission as Executive Director in 1989, he became Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Goast Cougars NBL team until 1991.〔 In 1993, he was appointed a member of the Australian Olympic Committee's board and since 2001 has been its Vice President. In 1997, he was President of Basketball Australia. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Director of Football Federation Australia. He organised the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay leg in Australia.〔 In 2009, he was the first Australian to be awarded the International Olympic Committee's Pierre de Coubertin medal in recognition to his contribution to the promotion of the Olympic spirit.〔 In receiving the award Harvey commented "I have enjoyed every minute of my involvement. It has been a fantastic continuing journey. The athletes make you proud to be an Australian and make all your efforts worthwhile." 〔 Also in 2009, he was appointed one of the chief envoys of Australia's FIFA 2018-2022 World Cup bid.
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