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Herman Frazier

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Herman Ronald Frazier was born on October 29, 1954. He was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4 by 400 meter relay for the United States. He was also chef de mission of the 2004 United States Olympic team. He is currently the head of the athletic department at the University of Hawaii. Since 2001, he has received many honors which include the NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association Silver Anniversary Award. In 2003, Sports Illustrated tabbed him one of the 101 most prominent minorities in sports. He earned the distinction as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Blacks in Sports in the March 2005 issue of Black Enterprise magazine.

Frazier spent 23 years in the Athletics Department at Arizona State University prior to landing his first athletics director job at Alabama-Birmingham in 2000. Before Frazier began building a remarkable resume as an administrator, he was a multi-sport athlete at Germantown High in Philadelphia. From there, he began his collegiate athletic career at Division III Denison University and later at Arizona State, where he was an eight-time All-American and team captain of the 1977 national championship track team. He graduated from ASU, Arizona State University in 1977 with a degree in political science.

Frazier made a name for himself in the Olympic arena running the leadoff leg of the gold medal winning 4 by 400 meter relay team, while capturing a bronze medal in the 400 meter dash at the 1976 XXI Olympiad in Montreal. He was also a gold medalist at both the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games and a member of the 1980 United States Olympic team which boycotted the XXII Olympiad in Moscow.

Frazier is currently engaged to Caroline Beal. He, with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career.

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