Donna de Varona Biography
- Title:
- Olympic Gold Medalist in Swimming and Sports Commentator
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Oct. 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Sports Commentator, 1965-present
- Chairman, Women’s World Cup Soccer Tournament Organizing Committee, 1999
- Emmy Award winner for Special Olympics feature producer, 1991
- Assistant to Roone Arledge, President of ABC News and Sports, 1983-1986
- Founder and first President, Women’s Sports Foundation, now Chair of Board of Stewards, 1976-1984
- Conslutant to the Senate, involved with legislative development of the US Amateur Sports Act, 1976-1978
- Olympic Gold Medalist in Swimming, 1964
- Named Female Athlete of the Year by Associated Press and United Press, 1964
- Education:
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- BA, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1986
- Other:
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- First female sportscaster, ABC, 1965
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