 He was to be on the committee for 38 years until his death in 1937, being the 24th on the roll of members since 1884; Pierre de Coubertin is number one.In 1912 de Blonay was one of the founders of the Swiss Olympic Association and from 1912 to 1915 he was its first president.Baron de Blonay was for a time one of the closest confidants of the IOC's legendary second president Pierre de Coubertin.