Folks,
The following press release has also been posted on the IUF Web site at:
http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/news/2001-06-25.html.
Tom Daniels Secretary / Treasurer International Unicycling Federation,
Incorporated
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June 25, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JACK HALPERN APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
THE INTERNATIOAL UNICYCLING FEDERATION, INC.
John Foss, President of the International Unicycling Federation, Inc.
(IUF), announced today that Jack Halpern, an Israeli citizen living in
Japan has accepted the newly-created position of Executive Director for
International Development, effective July 1, 2001.
Jack Halpern is one of the founders of the IUF and currently serves as its
Vice President. He served as its first elected President in 1984 and has
served the IUF in many elected and appointed capacities since that time.
He has been active in developing the sport of unicycling throughout the
world for over twenty-three years. He founded the Japan Unicycle Club
(JUC) in 1978 and has served as Executive Director of the JUC and its
successor, the Japan Unicycle Association (JUA) since that time. He also
helped bring competitive unicycling to the People’s Republic of China,
where he organized the first-ever Great Wall Unicycle Marathon in 1993. A
professional lexicographer and linguist,
Mr. Halpern recently became Chief Executive Officer and President of The
CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc. in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
As Executive Director for International Development, Mr. Halpern will be
instrumental in formulating and implementing the IUF’s new membership and
representation structure that is currently under development.
In accepting his new position, Mr. Halpern announced that he would step
down as Vice President of the IUF as of July 1, 2001. He said this move
would enable him to focus his energies on the new IUF development position
and on his new leadership duties at The CJK Dictionary Institute.
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