FOR THE RECORD: FINA/WORLD AQUATICS: Treasurer (2021-present); Vice
President (2000-2021); Bureau Liaison to the Technical Swimming Committee (2005-
present); Chairman, FINA Technical Swimming Commission (2005-2022); Founding
Chairman, FINA Development Program 2009-2022); Competition Director, FINA World
Swimming Championships (Indianapolis 2004). INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEEE: Technical Delegate/Competition Director (Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, and Paris 2024; Youth Olympic Games Singapore
2010; Nanjing 2014; Buenos Aires 2018). INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF
FAME: Chairman of the Board of Directors (2004); Board Member 1996-2004 and 2021-
2022); Paragon Award for Competitive Swimming (2000). PAN AM AQUATICS:
Honorary Life President (awarded 2024); President (2015-2019). US AQUATIC
SPORTS: President (2002-2006); Board Member (2006-present); Recipient, Max Ritter
Award (2019). USA SWIMMING: President (1998-2002); Vice President (1994-1998);
Board Member 1990-2018); Foundation Board Member (2008-2014). UNITED STATES
OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: National Governing Bodies Council President
and Executive Committee Member (1996-2000); Board Member 1994-2002); Deputy
Chef de Mission, United States Olympic delegation (Athens 2004); Recipient,
President’s Award (2000); Recipient, George Steinbrenner III Award (2023); Organizing
Committee leadership, 10 Olympic Trials in the aquatic sports (1984-2004). NCAA:
Secretary-Rules Editor (1991); Flying Wedge Award (2000); Event Director for 11 NCAA
Swimming & Diving Championships (1983-1991). PAN AMERICAN GAMES:
Commissioner of Aquatics (Indianapolis 1987); Technical Delegate (2019 Lima and
2023 Santiago). ACODEPA: First Vice President (2019-2023); Executive Committee
Member (2015-2023). FISU: Technical Delegate for five World University Games
(Bangkok 2007; Belgrade 2009; Shenzhen (2011); Kazan 2015; Naples (2019).
Raised in Buffalo, New York, he was an age group swimmer, team captain at Williston
Academy (Massachusetts) and won varsity letters as a swimmer at Princeton University.
After graduation from Princeton, Dale Neuburger returned to Buffalo where he coached
club and high school swim teams before becoming Assistant Coach of Syracuse
University’s Men’s and Women’s Swimming teams – one of the first combined collegiate
programs in the country.
In 1979, Neuburger’s career turned to administration when he was selected as Aquatics
Director for the Syracuse City School District, including programs and events at Max
Newman Pool at Nottingham High School – the first 50-meter, indoor swimming pool at a
public high school in the USA. He was Competition Manager for the four aquatic sports
in the 1981 National Sports Festival.
His successes in Syracuse led him to being hired as Assistant Athletic Director of
Indiana University, with responsibility to manage three new sports venues being built for the 1982 National Sports Festival and 1987 Pan American Games: the Indianapolis
Sports Center, the Indiana University Track Stadium, and the Indiana University
Natatorium.
For ten years, he organized and oversaw major competitions including U.S. Olympic
Trials, NCAA Championships, and the Pan American Games.
In 1993, Neuburger became President of Indiana Sports Corporation. During his twelve
years in that position, he oversaw more than 200 major sports events that brought more
than $2 billion of economic impact, including the 2004 FINA World Swimming
Championships, the first to be staged in an NBA arena. His major accomplishment was
leading the effort to relocate the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the
National Federation of High School Associations to Indianapolis.
Neuburger served two terms as President of USA Swimming and two terms as the
President of United States Aquatic Sports, the National Federation member of
FINA/World Aquatics. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games he was elected Vice
President of FINA, the international federation governing aquatic sports; he was
reelected four more times before being elected Treasurer of World Aquatics in 2021 and
re-elected to this position in 2023.
Dale Neuburger is the longest serving American representative in the history of
FINA/World Aquatics. He has served as the Liaison to the FINA/World Aquatics
Technical Swimming Committee and was the Technical Delegate for swimming at five
Olympic Games – including Paris, 2024. He is also the founding Chairman of the World
Aquatics Development Program, the largest grant program in the Olympic family.
Dale Neuburger’s career of service to aquatic sports, from age group to the Olympic
level, has exemplified his willingness to give back to the sport which offered him so
many opportunities. His wife Heidi, and adult children Eric and Karen, have been his
constant and loyal support throughout his career.