Springfield College to Present Karpovich Lecture

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation will present the 2015 Peter V. Karpovich Lecture featuring long-time faculty member Vincent Paolone, on April 22, starting at 7 p.m., in the Appleton Auditorium inside the Fuller Arts Center. The lecture is titled, The Karpovich Legacy is Alive and Well. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture will examine exercise physiology at the college in three parts: Part one will review Karpovich’s original work in exercise physiology and examine the impact his work had on the field, and how his work influenced the growth and reputation of the college; during part two, Paolone will discuss the influence Karpovich had on his own career and research; and part three will discuss the work of current exercise physiology students and their assistance in maintaining the Karpovich legacy.

Paolone, who received the outstanding excellence in teaching award at Springfield College in 2012, has been a faculty member at the College for 26 years teaching exercise physiology and advising graduate and undergraduate students. He serves as director for both the exercise physiology program and the human performance laboratory. Paolone has published more than 50 scientific papers and abstracts for such periodicals as: Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Pediatric Research, Research Quarterly, and The Annals of Sports Medicine.

Springfield College established the Karpovich Lecture in 1973 in memory of its former faculty member, who was an internationally recognized exercise physiologist and one of the principal founders of the American College of Sports Medicine. Karpovich joined the Springfield College faculty in 1927 serving as a professor of physiology. He was named director of health education at the College in 1947 and was appointed research professor of physiology in 1955.