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Gerald B. Zornow

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University of Rochester

Gerald B. Zornow graduated from the University of Rochester in 1937, where he was a member 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.

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Business

He served as the President of Eastman Kodak Company from 1970 to 1972 and as Chairman of the Board from 1972 to 1977. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford created the President's Commission on Olympic Sports and Zornow served as chairman of the Commission.

Awards

  • In 1974 Zornow received the Gold Medal, the highest individual award bestowed by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame
  • In 1975, he received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, presented by the American Football Coaches Association
  • In 1978, he received the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest individual award bestowed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association

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