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Dan Meisenheimer
Chairman and Commissioner
Daniel T. Meisenheimer, III founded the United States Basketball League in December 1984. At the time he founded the USBL, Meisenheimer was the youngest Commissioner of any professional sports league in history at age 33.
During the past thirteen years, Meisenheimer has guided the USBL through its early growth and has established new objectives for the League. In 1996, Meisenheimer helped the USBL become the first publicly traded sports league. Now fans can own a piece of the USBL. Other ambitious plans call for measured growth with expansion franchises and consistent upgrading of every USBL franchise as they all become profitable and appreciate over the next few years. As a spokesman for the League, he has appeared on major television networks and has been featured in numerous prominent publications.
Before founding the United States Basketball League, Meisenheimer founded Meisenheimer Capital, the parent company of the USBL. The parent company was brought public through an initial offering of public stock in the fall of 1984. Meisenheimer Capital is a venture capital company with interests in three different entities. Meisenheimer has served as President and Chairman of the Board since the company was founded.
Prior to the establishment of Meisenheimer Capital and the USBL, Meisenheimer was a stockbroker and teacher.
Richard Meisenheimer
Vice President of Finance
Richard Meisenheimer, brother of Commissioner Daniel Meisenheimer, III, serves as the USBL's Vice-President of Finance. Meisenheimer, a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics, has been actively involved in the League since its inception. Meisenheimer serves as the President of Spectrum Associates, Inc. He has worked at the corporation for 25 years. He is also a member of the Corporation's Board of Directors. Spectrum is a research, development and manufacturing company engaged in the production of diversified aerospace instruments since 1957. The company has produced numerous items vital to the national defense industry, including precision parts for many helicopters utilized in 1991's Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf.
Meisenheimer’s experiences with Spectrum and with the USBL include financing, facilities location and interfacing with corporate attorneys. He also has negotiated Spectrum’s defense contracts and lines of credit with area banks for the company’s operations.