Posted 3:11 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2014
A UW-L department chair is being honored by a national professional organization.
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A UW-La Crosse department chair is being honored by a national professional organization.
Mark Gibson, chair of the Exercise and Sport Science Department, will be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame. Gibson will be recognized with five others at the NATA 65th Clinical Symposia & Athletic Trainer Expo in Indianapolis Friday, June 27.
The NATA Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees are recognized for significant, lasting contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession. Since inducting its first class in 1962, the Hall of Fame now has 288 members.
Gibson, also director of the university’s athletic training program, previously served as the head athletic trainer at UW-L. Before coming to campus in 1985, he held positions at Slippery Rock University, Southern Arkansas University and Southern Illinois University. Gibson has dedicated his career to the profession serving as an athletic trainer, educator, frequently published researcher, academic adviser, site visitor, consultant and expert witness. He has taught athletic training internationally and is coordinating efforts to develop the profession in the European Union.
Gibson is currently chair of the NATA International Committee. He previously served on the NATA board of directors and was president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association. He has been inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame and recognized by GLATA and NATA for his years of service. He was also the recipient of the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award.
Gibson earned a bachelor of science degree from Slippery Rock University and master of science degrees from Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) and the University of Indianapolis.
Other inductees into the Hall of Fame this year included:
Mark Gibson[/caption]
A UW-La Crosse department chair is being honored by a national professional organization.
Mark Gibson, chair of the Exercise and Sport Science Department, will be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame. Gibson will be recognized with five others at the NATA 65th Clinical Symposia & Athletic Trainer Expo in Indianapolis Friday, June 27.
The NATA Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees are recognized for significant, lasting contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession. Since inducting its first class in 1962, the Hall of Fame now has 288 members.
Gibson, also director of the university’s athletic training program, previously served as the head athletic trainer at UW-L. Before coming to campus in 1985, he held positions at Slippery Rock University, Southern Arkansas University and Southern Illinois University. Gibson has dedicated his career to the profession serving as an athletic trainer, educator, frequently published researcher, academic adviser, site visitor, consultant and expert witness. He has taught athletic training internationally and is coordinating efforts to develop the profession in the European Union.
Gibson is currently chair of the NATA International Committee. He previously served on the NATA board of directors and was president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association. He has been inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame and recognized by GLATA and NATA for his years of service. He was also the recipient of the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award.
Gibson earned a bachelor of science degree from Slippery Rock University and master of science degrees from Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) and the University of Indianapolis.
Other inductees into the Hall of Fame this year included:
- Jon Almquist, a concussion specialist with Fairfax Family Practice Comprehensive Concussion Center in Fairfax, Virginia.
- David O. Draper, a professor in the department of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University.
- Katie Grove, an educator and practitioner for nearly 40 years. She has directed the undergraduate athletic training curriculum at Indiana University at Bloomington for more than 20 years, 17 of which she also served as an assistant athletic trainer.
- Paula Sammarone Turocy, an associate professor in the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences and the director of the Pre-Medical and Health Professions Programs at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
- Ken Wright, a professor and director of the sports management program at the University of Alabama.