Editing 1980 Winter Olympics (section)

=== Organizing Committee ===
The Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee (LPOOC) was established as a [[not-for-profit corporation]] in December 1974. Its board of directors was made up of 48 people, with a 13-member executive board. Ron MacKenzie, who was instrumental in developing the region and securing the Games, was the chair of the organizing committee when it was founded. He died in December 1978, fourteen months before the start of the Games.<ref>{{harvsp|Lewi|1980|p=7}}</ref> J. Bernard Fell was the chairman of the board of directors and [[Art Devlin (ski jumper)|Art Devlin]] was the vice-chairman.<ref>{{harvsp|Lewi|1980|pp=8–11}}</ref><ref>{{harvsp|Lewi|1980|p=216}}</ref> The LPOOC's vision for the Games was a simple Games that would return to the basics of the Olympic movement.<ref name = "Wilson p. 374"/>