Title: Out of many, one : a history of the American College of Sports Medicine /
Authors: Berryman, Jack W.
Publisher: Human Kinetics,
Year: 1995
Subjects: American College of Sports Medicine.; American College of Sports Medicine History.; Sports medicine Study and teaching United States History.; Sports Medicine history; Societies, Scientific history
Abstract: Created in 1954, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has more than 15,000 members in almost 60 countries around the globe. Its members work in a vast array of scientific disciplines, medical specialties, and allied health professions. This book is a fascinating look at ACSM's history - from its founding in 1954 to its current status as the world's premier sports medicine organization. Inside you will find more than three decades of history, including the genesis of ACSM and the years before 1955; the founding and the formative and transitional years, 1954-1963; reorganization, formalization, and growth, 1963-1974; expansion, professionalization, and recognition, 1974-1986; and national and international leadership, 1986-1992.
Contents: Origins in physical education, physiology, and cardiology -- Concerns for fitness, physical training, military research, and rehabilitation -- The world of sports medicine and attempts to form the "American Association of Sportmedicine" -- The founding of ACSM and the leadership of Wolffe and Mueller, 1954-1958 -- The influence of cardiologists Wolffe, Bishop, and Hyman, 1958-1960 -- Physiologists assume the presidency: Dill, Karpovich, and Montoye, 1960-1963 -- A new regime, reorganization, and the move to Wisconsin, 1963-1966.