{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}} '''Sir Tennant Edward''' "'''Tay'''" '''Wilson''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|OBE|size=85%}} (3 February 1925 – 26 October 2014) was the ninth member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from New Zealand, from 1988 to 2006 (being required to stand down when he turned 80), and later an honorary member.<ref name="IOC">[http://www.olympic.org/sir-tennant-edward-tay-wilson-knzm-obe Biography at International Olympic Committee website]</ref> He was the last voluntary secretary-general of the NZOCGA, from 1985 to 1990, and was on many other sporting bodies.
Wilson was born in Feilding<ref name="IOC"/> and attended Nelson College from 1938 to 1942.<ref name="NCOB register">''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition</ref> He was a competitive rower and was the double sculls New Zealand junior champion in 1959. He practised as a chartered accountant for 61 years, with his own firm Tay Wilson & Co in Lower Hutt and Wellington. Wilson replaced Lance Cross on the IOC in 1988.<ref name="IOC"/>
He was New Zealand chef de mission at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (when New Zealand sent four sportspeople, who marched under the NZOCGA logo) and deputy chef de mission at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He voted for London rather than Paris for the 2012 Olympics.<ref>Obituary in the ''Dominion Post'' (Wellington) of 1 November 2014 pC3</ref><ref name="Stuff obit">{{cite news|title=Former NZ Olympic Chef de Mission Wilson dies |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/10668762/Former-NZ-Olympic-Chef-de-Mission-Wilson-dies|accessdate=5 May 2017|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=28 October 2014}}</ref>
He was honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport, in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51774 |date=17 June 1989 |page=32 |supp=3}}</ref> and was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Olympic and Commonwealth Games in the 2007 New Year Honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/373 |title=New Year honours list 2007 |date=30 December 2006 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> In August 2009, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/364 |title=Special honours list 1 August 2009 |date=1 August 2009 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
Wilson was a Freemason for over 60 years, and was a Past Grand Deacon.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://issuu.com/fmnz/docs/nz_freemasons_3-2014_20_august__low/55 | title=Service awards | journal=New Zealand Freemason | volume=42 | issue=3 | page=53 | date=September 2014 | accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref>
He died in Wellington on 26 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/25366038/former-nz-olympic-boss-dies/ |title=Former NZ Olympic boss dies |date=28 October 2014 |website= |publisher=Yahoo New Zealand Sport |accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{1980 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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