• President, OR Solutions and Oscar Robertson Document Management Services, Marlton, NJ • Owner and CEO, Orchem Inc. (specialty chemicals), Fairfield, Ohio • Owner and CEO, Oscar Robertson Foods, Fairfield, Ohio • General partner, Oscar Robertson Media Ventures, Los Angeles, CA and Fairfield, Ohio; Author and publisher, “The Art of Basketball” (see more information at bottom of page) • Member of the Board of Directors, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Calabasas,CA • Member of the Board of Directors, Touchstone Family of Funds, Cincinnati, OH • One of five founders and Past President, National Basketball Retired Players Association, New York, NY • Member of the Board of Directors, NBA Legends Foundation, New York, NY • Established Oscar & Yvonne Robertson Scholarship Fund at University of Cincinnati, 2005 • Oscar & Yvonne Robertson serve as co-chairs of University of Cincinnati capital campaign • Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship from Entrepreneurship Center at UC College of Business • National Kidney Foundation, honorary spokesperson, 1998, 2000 and 2002 U.S. Transplant Games; national advocate for organ donation • Sports commentator, ABC Radio and TV Networks, 1979-85; Metro Conference TV Network, 1977-83; CBS TV Network, 1974-75 • Member, Cincinnati Chapter, Boys & Girls Clubs of America • Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Student-Athletes Extracurricular Activities Oscar Robertson Media Ventures develops instructional and entertainment content for print, the web, DVD, video, radio, TV and other media. We also act as a marketing and public relations consultancy for various other ventures or companies of Mr. Robertson, and for other clients in various product and service categories. Our first publication, "The Art of Basketball," is an update of an instructional book on fundamentals called "Play Better Basketball" which Oscar Robertson and Michael O'Daniel co-authored and published in 1964, and which sold more than 100,000 copies in two years. We also distribute the autobiography "The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game," originally published by Rodale Press. To inquire about personal appearances by Oscar Robertson, please email the following information to thebigo@thebigo.com: (a) name of presenting organization; (b) date, time, and type of event; (c) indicate whether you have a budget for speaker(s). For more information about our company, contact us toll-free at 888 327 1401 or email mod@thebigo.com. Last Update 06/10/2008.
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