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Camp Director - Daniel E. Doyle, Jr.



Daniel E. Doyle, Jr. is Founder and Chair of the Institute for International Sport and the World Youth Peace Summit. Mr. Doyle is also Founder of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Middlebury College.

Mr. Doyle graduated from Bates College where he was co-captain of the men's varsity basketball team. Mr. Doyle also served as a Trustee at Bates College. He is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Mr. Doyle holds two honorary doctorates for his work in sports education. Mr. Doyle was a highly successful men's basketball coach, compiling a record of 142-45. In his final season at Trinity College, where his team went 22-4, he was named New England College Coach of the Year. The Sporting News named him as one of the most influential people in American sport. Mr. Doyle has lectured at over 125 colleges and universities on behalf of the NCAA Foundation.

Mr. Doyle is the author of the acclaimed novel "Are You Watching, Adolph Rupp?" The novel was favorably reviewed in over 50 publications, and by famed author James Michener, who wrote, "Exceptional…Impressive…I envy Doyle's skill in keeping the readers' attention. I wish I had written this book." Mr. Doyle's next book, the novel "An African Rebound" will be published in 2012.

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Mr. Doyle also wrote The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, which was placed into nomination for a Pulitzer Prize by a distinguished group of educators, authors and physicians. The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting has already won two major book awards. Mr. Doyle is a regular guest on ESPN's Outside The Lines program, as well as other programs on CNN, Fox News and ABC.

Mr. Doyle founded the Institute for International Sport in 1986 at the University of Rhode Island.

The Institute is now considered by many to be the foremost sports education initiative in the world. Among the programs Mr. Doyle conceived at the Institute are National Sportsmanship Day and the World Scholar-Athlete Games.

Dr. Richard Lapchick, one our nation's leading sports educators, has remarked, "Dan Doyle continues to do the most amazing work I know of in the world of sport. The sheer magnitude and depth of the programs Dan has put out and the writings he has produced have made a greater contribution to the world of sport than anybody I can think of." General Colin Powell recently made the statement: "Dan Doyle and his team are on an historic mission toward world peace."

Mr. Doyle has received numerous awards, including induction into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame and being awarded the prestigious Terence Cardinal Cooke Humanitarian Award at a major dinner aboard the Intrepid in New York City. In June, 2010, Mr. Doyle was formally inducted into the Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society at a dinner in Boston.

Mr. Doyle lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife, Katherine. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle are the parents of six children, Daniel III, Matthew, Andrew, Margaret, Caroline and Julie.

Mr. Doyle's complete bio appears on the Institute for International Sport web site www.internationalsport.org.

Associate Director: Meg Doyle, former varsity basketball player at both Kingswood Oxford School and Bates College. Meg has recently completed studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Program Coordinators: Jack Casey, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Mt. Ida College; Garth Adams, Athletic Director and Head Boys' Basketball Coach, Kingswood Oxford School; Dino Aguado, Coach, Counselor & Administrator, Hartford Public Schools, and Durelle Brown, professional basketball player.

Assistant Directors: Matt Kocay, Danny Brown, Dexter Williams-Bey, Carrie Doyle and Sterling Scanlon.

Summer Writing and Reading Club Workshop Director: Elizabeth Thomas

Dance Director: Dino Aguado

One of the strengths of Camp Renaissance is its highly qualified and experienced staff. The 2012 senior counselor staff will be composed of respected teachers and coaches. The junior counselor staff will be made up of outstanding undergraduate scholar-athletes. Following a camp tradition, several international staff members will join our 2012 staff. All staff appointments are based on demonstrated accomplishment in either athletics or one of the cultural components.



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