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'''Godfrey Dewey''' (September 3, 1887 – October 18, 1977)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/20/archives/godfrey-dewey-at-90-an-educator-got-1932-olympics-for-lake-placid.html]. ''Godfrey Dewey at 90, an Educator; Got 1932 Olympics for Lake Placid''. Accessed March 26, 2022.</ref> <ref>[https://www.skihall.com/index.php?_a=document&doc_id=11&id=86&PHPSESSID=42e7a219a61364c3661f7886017fc025 Godfrey Dewey]. ''U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame''. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref> was the president of the Lake Placid Organizing Committee and a [[winter sports]] facility [[designer]].<ref>U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame. "Godfrey Dewey". https://skihall.com/hall-of-famers/godfrey-dewey/, accessed 22 Sep 2021.</ref> He was largely responsible for the successful candidature of [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]] for the [[1932 Winter Olympics]].<ref>Bowen, Ezra. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1074387/index.htm Hey—what Do You Say We Have An Olympics?] December 3, 1962. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Accessed October 29, 2011.</ref> In addition to his role as the U.S. ski team manager he was chosen as [[List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics|the flag bearer]] for the [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 Games]] in [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1932/ 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402092655/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1932/ |date=April 2, 2010 }}. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed October 29, 2011.</ref> Dewey was elected to the [[National Ski Hall of Fame|U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame]] in 1970.<ref>"Godfrey Dewey". Accessed 22 Sep 2021.</ref>

Godfrey Dewey was the son of [[Melvil Dewey]], the inventor of [[Dewey Decimal Classification]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1210.html Dr. Melvil Dewey Dead In Florida]. December 27, 1931. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Accessed October 29, 2011.</ref> and his first wife Annie Godfrey. He was the father of Katherin Dewey, who, in 1940, piloted her bobsleigh to victory in the US Championships alongside male brakemen; women were subsequently banned from competing with men. Godfrey went on to become the honorary chairman of the Phonemic Spelling Council.<ref>Tune, Newell W. [http://www.spellingsociety.org/bulletins/b78/b78spring.pdf Spelling Progress Bulletin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414231430/http://www.spellingsociety.org/bulletins/b78/b78spring.pdf |date=2012-04-14 }}. Spring 1978. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref> His work on ''World English Spelling'' may have influenced the development of [[SoundSpel]], as he and [[Edward Rondthaler]] corresponded from 1971.

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