Harry Marmion

Harry A. Marmion (June 14, 1931 in Queens, New York – August 14, 2008 in Williamsburg, Virginia) served as president of two colleges, St. Xavier University and Southampton College of Long Island University, and as president of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) during the construction and opening of the Arthur Ashe Stadium.He then was vice president for academic affairs and professor of law at Fairleigh Dickinson University from 1980 to 1990.During his tenure, he oversaw the building and opening of the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.Marmion was instrumental in ensuring that the stadium be named in honor of Arthur Ashe, rather than for a corporate sponsor.Senator Edward Kennedy wrote that Marmion 'had written the best and most exhaustive description I have seen of what actually happened to the attempt to reform the draft.
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