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COMMISSION REPORTS

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Keeping Faith with the Student Athlete
The Knight Commission's Groundbreaking Report

A Call to Action
A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education

COMMISSION MEETINGS

PUBLISHED OP-EDS

Miami Herald
Feb. 4, 2007

Indianapolis Star
Apr. 2, 2006

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH AND POLLS

WHITE PAPERS

Athletics Recruiting and Academic Values: Enhancing Transparency, Spreading Risk and Improving Practice
University of Georgia Institute for Higher Education

Challenging the Myth
A Review of the Links Among College Athletic Success, Student Quality and Donations by Robert H. Frank

Executive Summary Division I-A Postseason History and Status

Division I-A Postseason History and Status
by John Sandbrook

MEMBERS

Co-Chairs

William English Kirwan
chancellor, University System of Maryland

R. Gerald Turner
president, Southern Methodist University

Chairman Emeritus

Thomas K. Hearn Jr.
president emeritus, Wake Forest University

Members

Val Ackerman
president, USA Basketball

Michael F. Adams
president, University of Georgia

William W. Asbury
Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs, Pennsylvania State University

Henry S. Bienen
president, Northwestern University

Nick Buoniconti
spokesman, Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis

Hodding Carter III
University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Carol A. Cartwright
interim president, Kent State University

Anita L. DeFrantz
president, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles

John J. DeGioia
president, Georgetown University

Leonard J. Elmore
ESPN analyst and senior counsel, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP

Elson S. Floyd
president, University of Missouri System

Janet Hill
vice president, Alexander & Associates Inc.

Sarah Lowe
Corporate Legal Assistant at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Andrea Fischer Newman
senior vice president-government affairs, Northwest Airlines

Jerry I. Porras
professor emeritus, Stanford University

Sonja Steptoe
Client Development Manager at O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
former chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF

Judy Woodruff
broadcast journalist

Charles E. Young
President Emeritus, University of Florida and Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles

Chris Zorich
Chairman of The Christopher Zorich Foundation

Member, Ex-Officio

Alberto Ibargüen
president and CEO, Knight Foundation

Founding Co-Chairs

Rev. Theodore A. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, founding co-chair, 1989-2003

William C. Friday
president emeritus, University of North Carolina, founding co-chair, 1989-2005

Staff

Amy P. Perko
executive director

Keeping Faith: Appendix B: Meeting Participants

Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete: A New Model for Intercollegiate Athletics

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Appendix B: Meeting Participants

CONFERENCE COMMISSIONERS

  • Eugene Corrigan, Atlantic Coast Conference; James Frank, Southwestern Athletic Conference; Kenneth Free, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference; Thomas Hansen, Pacific-10 Conference; Fred Jacoby, Southwest Conference; Carl James, Big Eight Conference; Joseph Kearney, Western Athletic Conference; Margie McDonald, High Country Athletic Conference; Charles Neinas, College Football Association; Ronald Stephenson, Big Sky Athletic Conference; Patty Viverito, Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference; Kevin Weiberg, Associate Commissioner, Big Ten Conference.

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVES

  • Oscar Butler, South Carolina State University; Richard Dunn, University of Washington; Norris Edney, Alcorn State University; Charles Ehrhardt, Florida State University; Daniel Gibbens, University of Oklahoma; Carla Haye, Marquette University; Jerry Kingston, Arizona State University; Daniel Reagan, Villanova University; Billy Seay, Louisiana State University; B.J. Skelton, Clemson University; Yvonne Slatton, University of Iowa; Robert Sweazy, Texas Technological University; Albert Witte, University of Arkansas.

ATHLETICS DIRECTORS AND SENIOR WOMEN ADMINISTRATORS

  • Richard Bay, University of Minnesota
    Joan Cronan, University of Tennessee; Karen Fey, New Mexico State University; William Flynn, Boston College; Christine Grant, University of Iowa; Charles Harris, Arizona State University; Kaye Hart, Utah State University; Judith Holland, University of California, Los Angeles; Samuel Jankovich, University of Miami; Jack Lengyel, U.S. Naval Academy; C. M. Newton, University of Kentucky; Marcia Saneholtz, Washington State University; Eugene Smith, Eastern Michigan University; Glen Tuckett, Brigham Young University; Richard Tamburo, University of Missouri; Chris Voelz, University of Minnesota.

BASKETBALL COACHES

  • Dale Brown, Louisiana State University; Jill Hutchison, Illinois State University; Robert Knight, Indiana University; Michael Krzyzewski, Duke University; Richard Phelps, University of Notre Dame; Rene Portland, Pennsylvania State University; George Raveling, University of Southern California; Dean Smith, University of North Carolina; Vivian Stringer, University of Iowa; John Thompson, Georgetown University; Roy Williams, University of Kansas

FOOTBALL COACHES

  • Terry Donahue, University of California, Los Angeles; Dennis Green, Stanford University; Richard MacPherson, Syracuse University; Thomas Osborne, University of Nebraska; Joseph Paterno, Pennsylvania State University; Francis Peay, Northwestern University; Richard Sheridan, North Carolina State University.

STUDENT-ATHLETES

  • David Berkoff, Harvard University; Shola Lynch, University of Texas, Austin; Susan Nissen, Central Michigan University; Todd Sandroni, University of Mississippi; Henrietta Walls, University of North Carolina; Jason Wilkie, Central Michigan University.

ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS

  • Arthur Ashe, Author; Barbara Bergmann, American University; John Berry, Florida Bar Association; Robert Bradley, University of Kentucky; Charles Cook, New England Association Schools and Colleges; Frank Deford, The National; Daniel Dutcher, National Collegiate Athletic Association; Paul Getto, Kansas Association of School Boards; Russ Granik, National Basketball Association; Frank Haggard, Iowa State University; Gregg Hartley, Athletic Footwear Association; David Knopp, National Collegiate Athletic Association; Richard Lapchick, Center for the Study of Sport in Society; Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television; John Moylan, DeMatha Catholic High School; Neal Pilson, CBS Sports.

ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS

  • Harvey Schiller, U.S. Olympic Committee; Michael Slive, Linde Thomson Law Firm; Fred Stroock, University of California, Los Angeles; Paul Tagliabue, National Football League; John Thelin, College of William and Mary; Steven Tweedie, Oklahoma State University; John Underwood, Author; Brenda Weare, National Collegiate Athletic Association; Lawrence Wiseman, College of William and Mary.