NCAA’s ‘Steroid Czar’ to Speak at UA Feb. 28

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Frank Uryasz, former NCAA “Steroid Czar” and founder and president of the National Center for Drug Free Sport, will present “Fact and Fiction: Steroids, Nutrional Supplements and the Evolution to Drug-Free Sport” Monday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m., in 223 Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

The National Center for Drug Free Sport, located in Kansas City, Mo., counts among its clients the National Football League, the NCAA and AAU Power lifting.

The lecture is part of the Orman-Harris lecture series, sponsored by the UA College of Human Environmental Sciences. It is free and open to the general public.

While with the NCAA, Uryasz established their national drug-testing program and is currently the NCAA’s expert speaker on the topics of steroid use and drug testing. He is a former member of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s anti-doping committee and has testified at recent Senate hearings regarding Ephedra.

The Orman-Harris Lecture was established by the late Mildred Brown Davis to promote the professional development of The College of Human Environmental Sciences faculty and to enrich the quality of its academic programs. In the late 1940s, Davis received her graduate degree from the College and in 1981 was recognized as one of its outstanding graduates. Davis asked that the lectureship honor the memory of two distinguished educators and professionals, Elizabeth Carmichael Orman and Agnes Ellen Harris.

For more information, contact Dr. Mike Perko, chair, UA department of health sciences, at 205/348-2946.