I graduated Brooklyn College in January 1972 with a degree in health and physical education. I expected to teach physical education and coach baseball. Unfortunately, no teaching jobs in physical education were open in New York City in the spring 1972. Instead, I became the poster boy for teaching
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Dr. Richard C. Nelson: A Water Tower Remembrance
Robert Shapiro
Remembering Richard C. Nelson: An Introduction
John H. Challis and Stephen J. Piazza
would end up in the baseball hall of fame. His perspective explains Dr. Nelson’s philosophy on the advising of students. As has been reflected in other perspectives Dr. Nelson was a proponent of the internationalization of biomechanics in general. The perspective of Mitsumasa Miyashita (University of
Dr. Richard C. Nelson: The Penn State Biomechanics Laboratory and Its Impact on My Career
James S. Walton
Subsequently, my dissertation involved me in a multitude of disciplines that extended far beyond animation and biomechanics. In 1982, I worked with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a baseball study that was published in “Science '82.” 12 , 13 The original objective (specified by
Dr Charles J. (Chuck) Dillman: A Remembrance
Robert Shapiro, Robert Gregor, and John Challis
universities to determine where my academic career would continue. One of those recommended programs was at the University of Illinois under the direction of Dr Charles Dillman. Needless to say, when Chuck talked about his love of baseball, my PhD path was determined. While we were a small lab located in the
Lessons Learned
Tetsuo Fukunaga
chance to realize my dreams that I had had for a long time for sport sciences. In 2015, I had an experimental gym built (70 m long, 50 m wide, and 15 m high), equipped with a 50-m track with force platforms on the surface. Also, equipment was installed to enable real-time analysis of baseball, soccer