Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Senator Dick Day, Patrick R. Fallon, Judge James A. Morrow, Michael J. Munford, and Nancy L. Schuster to the Minnesota Boxing Commission.

Day, of Owatonna, is the state Senate Minority Leader, and serving his fifth term in the Minnesota Senate. A retired businessman, Day helped start the Owatonna Boxing Club and previously boxed in the golden gloves program. Day is appointed to a term that expires on January 5, 2009.

Fallon, of Minneapolis, is the founder and chairman of Fallon Worldwide, an international business marketing and consulting firm based in Minneapolis with offices in Hong Kong, London, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and Tokyo. He has served on numerous community boards including the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Orchestra, and Minnesota Zoo Board. Fallon is appointed to a term that expires on January 7, 2008.

Morrow, of Coon Rapids, retired earlier this month from the Tenth Judicial District trial court bench in Anoka County, and is a professor at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul. He served on a number of judicial committees and received a variety of professional awards and honors during his tenure on the bench. Morrow is appointed to a term that expires on January 1, 2007.

Munford, of Marshall, is the director of university public safety at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. A former two-time state of Georgia boxing champion, Munford has over 20 years of experience in the sport as a boxer and a coach. Munford is appointed to a term that expires on January 4, 2010.

Schuster, of Chanhassen, is the director of investigations with Ameriprise Financial, Inc., in Minneapolis. Previously, she served as an associate judge with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Court in Nixon, Nevada, and was chief counsel as well as a supervisory special agent with the FBI in field offices in Minneapolis, Omaha, Detroit, and Las Vegas. Schuster is appointed to a term that expires on January 1, 2007.

The Minnesota Boxing Commission, created by the 2006 Legislature (Laws of Minnesota 2006, Chapter 282, Article 11, Section 14), has sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all boxing and tough person contests held within the state; sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses; and may adopt rules including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, fights, and their manner, supervision, time, and place. The Minnesota Boxing Commission, whose purpose is to protect health, promote safety, and ensure fair boxing events, consists of five members appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a retired Minnesota judge.