Anecdotes

Presdient of U.S. Olympic Committee, 1928-1952.

President of International Olympic Committee, 1952-1972.

Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member).

Inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1974 (inaugural class).

Member of the U.S. team at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm; finished 15th in the decathlon and 5th in the pentathlon.

A passionate collector of Asian art, he was the founding benefactor of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and donated over 7,700 Asian art objects to the Museum.