Maxwell L. Howell

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Maxwell Leo "Max" Howell AO ( July 23, 1927 in Sydney - February 3, 2014 in Brisbane ) was an Australian national rugby player , sports scientist and sports historian .

Life

During a successful career in rugby (including 32 international matches between 1946 and 1948) Howell completed a sports degree, which graduated with a diploma (DPE University of Sydney ). He then started for the University of California at Berkeley during his bachelor's degree . He stayed in Berkeley, where he completed his MA and received his doctorate in occupational physiology in 1954. His first work dealt with reaction time , motor learning and stress (Diss. EdD: Facilitation of motor learning by knowledge of performance analysis results ). As an associate professor at Berkeley, he appeared to have reached an academic plateau before entering the Canadian higher education market as part of the Commonwealth of Nations. For this he did his doctorate again in distance learning at the University of Stellenbosch ( South Africa ) (Diss. PhD: An historical survey of the role of sport in society, with particular reference to Canada since 1700. 1969), whereby he after a short-term engagement as swimming trainer and Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia ( Vancouver ) in 1970 Professor and Dean for the Development of Sports Science at the University of Alberta . From here his path led him to the Department of Professional Studies at San Diego State University , back to Canada to the University of Ottawa and finally to the first full professorship in Sports Science in Australia at the University of Queensland (Brisbane).

Scientific importance

Howell was one of the last generalists in Anglo-Saxon sports science. He made it clear that the sports sciences belong together, that the natural sciences also need the humanities and social sciences. He wrote perhaps his best work in the comparative physical exercises. He was President of both Canadian Physical Education Teachers and Sports Scientists ( President of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation , President of the Canadian Association of Sport Sciences ) and North American Sports Historians ( NASSH ). In three autobiographies he gives a very good insight into the development of sport and sport science ( Not without dust and heat: a journey into learning and teaching . University of Queensland Press, Brisbane 1996. The shepherd was sleeping: a true story of love and Tragedy. Celebrity Books, Auckland 1998. Tragedy and laughter on the road to oblivion: around the final bend. Create Space, North Charleston, SC 2013).

Honors

  • 1973 Maxwell (added thatch in 2004) Howell International Honorary (after 2014 Memorial) Address annually at NASSH conference
  • 1998 Dr. hc (Law) University of Alberta
  • 2003 Officer of the Order of Australia (“for service to education as a pioneer in the development of sports studies and sport science as academic disciplines”)

Germans who previously held the Howell Honorary Address

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.humankinetics.com/acucustom/sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/14682.pdf
  2. ^ Comparative physical education and sport. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1975.
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nassh.org

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personal data
SURNAME Howell, Maxwell L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howell, Maxwell Leo; Howell, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rugby player, sports historian, sports scientist, physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2014
Place of death Brisbane