Gerald B. Zornow

Gerald B. Zornow

Gerald B. Zornow graduated from the University of Rochester in 1937, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. [ [http://www.umadphi.com/alumni.html Notable Alumni of Alpha Delta Phi] ] He was a three-sport letter winner (football, basketball and baseball) and has been inducted into the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame posthumously in 1992. [ [http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/halloffame/inducsort.html Inductees to the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame] ; See also: [http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/halloffame/bios/gzornow.html Bio] ]

Business

He served as the President of Eastman Kodak Company from 1970 to 1972 and as Chairman of the Board from 1972 to 1977. [ [http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/1960_1979.shtml History of Eastman Kodak] ] In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford created the President's Commission on Olympic Sports and Zornow served as chairman of the Commission. [ [http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/guides/Finding%20Aids%5CU.S.%20President's%20Commission%20on%20Olympic%20Sports%20-%20Records.htm President's Commission on Olympic Sports] ]

Awards

*In 1974 Zornow received the Gold Medal, the highest individual award bestowed by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame [ [http://www.footballfoundation.com/goldformer.php Gold Medal recipients] ]
*In 1975, he received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, presented by the American Football Coaches Association [ [http://www.afca.com/lev2.cfm/405 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award recipients] ]
* In 1978, he received the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest individual award bestowed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association [ [http://www.ncaa.org/awards/honors_program/theodore_roosevelt/winners.html Winners of the Theodore Roosevelt Award] ]

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