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The Ivy League Mourns Passing of NCAA's Myles Brand
Thursday, September 17, 2009
NCAA President Myles Brand, the first university president to serve as the Association's chief executive and a champion of academic reform, fiscal responsibility and student-athlete well-being, died Wednesday from a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67.“The Ivy League joins the collegiate athletics community in mourning the loss of Myles Brand. His visionary approach to advancing academic ideals and enhancing student-athlete welfare will be felt for many years to come,” said Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris.
