Also joining the Administration officials were Actor Chaske Spencer from the Twilight series, Nike N7 General Manager Sam McCracken and Nike N7 Fund Board of Directors Ernie Stevens, as well as National Congress of American Indians Board Secretary Matthew Wesaw, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Consultant for Health and Physical Education John W. Hisgen, and Menominee Tribal Chairman Randal Chevalier.

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Jordan's biography on the athletic department's website says he earned a degree in health and physical education in 1977.

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The best kind of U.S. aid, like most of the work of the MCC, seeks to build economic growth in poor countries by strengthening health care, education, and governmental and physical infrastructure.

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To achieve our goals centered on fitness and health, we have dedicated the past few years to increasing quality physical education and movement beyond the gym and into the classroom.

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It is, " he continued, "like military defense, physical infrastructure, education, public health, and basic research.... it is something society requires, and people want, but the market cannot generate in sufficient quantity or quality.

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We are killing ourselves with work and preparing our children to do the same by failing to teach them, either by example or through formal education, that exercise and physical health are important life concerns.

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