National Academy of Kinesiology
The US National Academy of Kinesiology ( NAK ) is the oldest academy for the theory of physical exercise . In 1904/1905 Luther Gulick organized an American Academy of Physical Education ( AAPE ) for the first time , which was supposed to bring together those physical educators who not only teach but also conduct extensive research. The academy initially had no statutes and stopped working again during the First World War .
In 1926, ten men formally began establishing the American Academy of Physical Education in New York City . They decided that five more fellows should be unanimously elected each year and that when you had reached 30, the formal formation should take place. The first ten were:
- Clark Hetherington
- Robert Tait McKenzie
- William Burdick
- Thomas A. Storey
- Jay B. Nash
- Carl Schrader
- James H. McCurdy
- Jessie Bancroft
- Wilbur P. Bowen
- Dudley Reed
In 1930 the formal founding followed, orienting oneself towards the English Royal Society and the Academie Française of the 17th century and thus not only accepting Fellows but also foreigners as International Fellows . The (international) fellows should have made an important research contribution to the further development of the subject. Annual meetings of the academy members should also draw attention to important current issues and problems in the subject.
The changes in the structure of the theory of physical exercise were also reflected in the naming of the academy, which was renamed the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education ( AAKPE ) in 1993 and the National Academy of Kinesiology ( NAK ) in 2012 , thereby removing the emphasis pedagogical physical exercises to a natural science movement theory was completed.
So far (2016), in addition to 565 national and 135 international fellows, the following were from German-speaking countries:
- Liselott Diem 1955,
- Hermann Altrock 1956,
- Fritz Duras , 1962,
- Jürg Wartenweiler 1975,
- Hermann Rieder 1978,
- Horst Ueberhorst 1979
- Herbert Haag 1981,
- Benno M. Nigg 1983,
- Hans Lenk 1983,
- August Kirsch 1986,
- Ommo Grupe 1988,
- Arnd Krüger 1990,
- Gertrud Pfister 1994
- Jürgen Konczak 2010
- Uwe Pühse , 2016