Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, and Kinesiology Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 3126

Degrees

B.S. (Physical Education), University of Illinois, 1958
M.S. (Physical Education), University of Illinois, 1960
Ph. D. (Physical Education/Exercise Physiology), University of Illinois, 1963

Professional and Academic Appointments

1963 - 67: U. S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officer (Lt. Cmdr.) Heart Disease Control Program

1963: Physical Activity Consultant, Washington, D.C.

1965: Research Associate, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

1966: Visiting Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Human Performance Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1967 - 70: Assistant Professor, Applied Physiology, Laboratory for Human Performance Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1970 - 71: Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Herzfunktionslabor, Lehrstuhl für Kreislaufforschung und Leistungsmedizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg, West Germany

1970 - 77: Professeur Agrégé (Associate Professor), Département d’Education Physique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

1975 - 76: Conseiller scientifique, Centre EPIC de Médecine Préventive et d’Activité Physique, Montréal, Québec

1977 - 82: Professor, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

1982 - 95: Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1983 - 95: Director, Exercise and Sport Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

1996 - 99: Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis

1996 - 06: Professor, Department of Kinesiology, at an University

2006 - Professor Emeritus,at an University

Professional Responsibilities

American College of Sports Medicine
1962 - 64 Member; 1964-2007: Fellow; 2007- present: Fellow Emeritus
1970 - 83 Member, Board of Trustees
1978 - 79 President - Elect
1979 - 80 President
1980 - 81 Immediate Past-President; Member, National Center Fund-Raising, Relocation and Building Committees; Member, Long-Range Planning Committee
1981 - 84 Chair, National Center Fund-Raising Committee; Member, Long-Range Planning, International Relations and National Center Relocation and Building Committees
1984 - 86 Chair, International Relations Committee; Member, Fund-Raising Advisory Committee
1986 - 93 Chair, International Relations Committee; Delegate to the Fédération Internationale de Médecine Sportive and to the Confederación Panamericana de Medicina del Deporte
1993 - 95 Treasurer; Chair, Budget and Finance Committee
1993 - 98 Chair, Organizing Committee for the 1998 FIMS World Congress
2009 - 10 Planning Committee for the 2010 World Congress on Exercise is Medicine
2010 - International Advisory Council, Exercise is Medicine

Fédération Internationale de Médecine Sportive
1992 - Member
1998 - 06 Member, Scientific Commission

Confederación Panamericana de Medicina del Deporte
1994 - 99 Chair, Scientific Commission

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
1980 - 99 Member
1990 - 92 Secretary/Treasurer

International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
1992 - 02 Member, Executive Board
1992 - 94 Regional Director, North America
1994 - 00 Vice President, Scientific Services
2000 - 02 Acting Treasurer

1981 - 99 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, SHAPE Magazine

1986 - 91 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Rockport Walking Institute

1987 - 07 Chair, National Medical Advisory Committee for the YMCA of the USA

1993 - 08 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Life Fitness Academy; 1997- 2000, Director

1998 - 04 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Bally Life Fitness

Honors and Awards

1985 - Recipient, Citation Award, American College of Sports Medicine
1995 - Recipient, Recognition Award, Southwest Chapter of the ACSM
1996 - Recipient, Philip Noel Baker Research Award, International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
2001 Recipient (as member of the Steering Committee of the HERITAGE Family Study), Sport Science Award of the IOC President for Biomedical Sciences, International Olympic Committee and International Council of Sport Science & Physical Education
2001 Thomas K. Cureton Lecturer, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
2001 Peter C. Farrell International Visiting Professor, Department of Health & Sport Science, School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2002 Michael L. Pollock Lecturer, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting

Language Fluency

English, French, German, and Spanish

Lectures

Given in English, French, German and Spanish in the following 58 Countries:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Guatemala, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, People’s Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Africa, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Publications

288 (including 5 books)

Major Grants

Available Upon Request