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William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. [1] Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers.
That same year, Knight also received his Army Reserve Commission and was a "Distinguished Military Graduate". [ 10 ] As a middle-distance runner at Oregon, his personal best was 1 mile (1.6 km) in 4 minutes, 13 seconds, [ 11 ] and he won varsity letters for his track performances in 1957, 1958, and 1959.
Nike would soon after appoint John Thompson Jr., who was a longtime consultant with the company, to become the first Black member of its board of directors. [ 4 ] During his tenure as president and COO, Donahue helped lead an expansion of the company that saw the addition of 3,000 additional employees by early 1994, and saw the company enter ...
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Nike sneakers on display at a newly renovated athletic store in East London on July 30, 2024. ... Nike's Q2 financial performance "largely met expectations," but net revenue fell 7.7% to $12.35 ...
The first G.E.M. (Government Employees Mutual) store was opened in June 1956 in Denver by Ronald D. Evans, the former general manager of the G.E.T. (Government Employees Together) store in San Francisco. [2] The second GEM store was opened in Kansas City in July 1957 [3] followed by the third GEM store that was opened in Honolulu a few days ...
Nike is bringing its latest store concept to Fort Worth’s University Park Village with some major differences from a traditional retail store.. Nike Live will open on Nov. 17 with a members-only ...