Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage
	Brundage in 1964
5th President of the International Olympic Committee
	In office; August 15, 1952 – September 11, 1972
Preceded by	J. Sigfrid Edström
Succeeded by	Lord Killanin
Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee
	In office; September 11, 1972 – May 8, 1975
Preceded by	Vacant, last held by J. Sigfrid Edström (1964)
Succeeded by	Vacant, next held by Lord Killanin (1980)
First Vice President of the International Olympic Committee
	In office; 1946–1952
Preceded by	J. Sigfrid Edström (1942–1946 as acting president)
Succeeded by	Armand Massard
Second Vice President of the International Olympic Committee
	In office; 1945–1946
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Vacant, next held by Lord Burghley (1954)
Member of the International Olympic Committee
	In office; July 30, 1936 – September 11, 1972
Preceded by	Ernest Lee Jahncke
President of the United States Olympic Committee
	In office; 1928 (as President of the American Olympic Committee) – 1953
Preceded by	Douglas MacArthur
Succeeded by	Kenneth L. Wilson
Personal details
Born	September 28, 1887; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	May 8, 1975 (aged 87); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany
Resting place	Rosehill Cemetery
Spouse(s)	; Elizabeth Dunlap (m. 1927; died 1971) ; Mariann Charlotte Katharina Stefanie, Princess Reuss (m. 1973)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Illinois
Profession	Civil engineer; general contractor;
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Avery Brundage (/ˈeɪvri ˈbrʌndɪdʒ/; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1952 to 1972. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.

Brundage died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany on May 8, 1975 from heart failure and surgical complications, aged 87. He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

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