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Ask Mike Slive to list his various careers – or at least, jobs – and it takes awhile. Before he was one of the most powerful people in college sports as the SEC’s commissioner, he was an attorney. An athletic director. A meat-cutter – a member of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters of North America, Local District 1. He delivered mail at Christmas. He worked construction during college. And then he was commissioner of three different college conferences before retiring in 2015.
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About the Mike Slive Foundation
The Mike Slive Foundation endeavors to become a global leader in the fight to eradicate prostate cancer through public awareness and research funding in memory of Mike Slive, a transformative leader whose vision and direction revolutionized the business of collegiate sports.
Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, by attorney Ed Meyerson and former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, the Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research is dedicated to funding groundbreaking prostate cancer research and raising awareness about the importance of early detection. Since 2017, the Foundation has invested more than $4 million in research grants while working to improve outcomes for men and families affected by prostate cancer. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MikeSliveFdn.
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