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Paul Ziffren
Chairman

Peter V. Ueberrotn
President

Harry L Usher
Executive Vice Pres./Gen. Mgr.

LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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PAUL ZIFFREN, a prominent Los Angeles attorney for more than a quarter century and a former member of the Democratic National Committee, was appointed chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee on March 26, 1979.

Ziffren, one of the original members of the LAOOC, had been temporary secretary and is one of 22 members of the LAOOC's executive committee.

Executive responsibility for the organizing and staging of the 1984 Olympic Games was given to PETER V. UEBERROTH on April 1, 1979. In Ueberroth, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee found a successful businessman and entrepeneur ready for a challenge with the innovative management skills necessary to make the Olympic Games in Los Angeles first and foremost an athlete's Games, and a financial success as well.

Ueberroth, 45, is an active athlete (golf, tennis, body surfing), sports history patron, and in his own words, "a student of the Olympic Games." An accomplished businessman, Ueberroth founded a small travel company twenty years ago and built it into the second largest travel corporation in North America with over 1,500 employees. Acknowledging his accomplishments, Ueberroth was elected president of the International Young Presidents Organization, a group of leaders operating major organizations in more than 50 countries. He also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Greater Los Angeles and Convention Bureau.

HARRY L. USHER, who was a prominent Beverly Hills attorney before accepting his present assignment, holds the important No. 2 position on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee staff.

In that capacity, he will assist LAOOC President Peter V. Ueberroth in planning and staging of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. It is his responsibility to negotiate LAOOC contracts with government agencies and for the sports facilities to be used during the Los Angeles-held Games. His duties include assisting in finalizing contracts with all official LAOOC sponsors and merchandising firms.

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OLYMPIC STRUCTURE—Robert Graham's Gateway for the 1984 Olympics, as shown in this sketch, will be a 25-foot sculpture cast in bronze, with two columns supporting a lintel surmounted at each end by a torso: one male, one female. The lintel and the bases of the columns will have reliefs of figures and gestures in motion. The sculpture was commissioned by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.

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