Peter Demopoulos – President of the
Hellenic University Club of Southern California

10 July 2002

Mr. Mike Havadjias
3452 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501

Dear Mr. Havadjias:

The board of Directors of the Hellenic University Club of Southern California supports the idea of building a cultural center in Ancient Olympia, Greece, for an Olympic Games Museum where the names of all Olympic medalists would be displayed and facilities to host the medallists at the end of each Olympiad or sometime thereafter. We hope this project can get going as soon as possible and beable to function in some form by the end of 2004 Athens Games. We think it would be a very good way to honor the athletes and leave a permanent record of their achievement record of their achievement inscribed in a place where the public can view it.

We don’t know yet of all the details, such as size of Banquet Hall, Games Museum, and manner of inscription of names, but we hope these can be figured out in time for The 2008 Games.

We believe that since the Greek government and the Athens 2004 organization have their hands full at this time, this project should be organized and funded by other sources. As a cultural organization we hope to energize our membership and the general public in support of this project.

Sincerely, Peter Demopoulos
President, Hellenic University Club
Of Southern California