Academic Courses taken by Peter Karpovich at the Medical Academy at Petrograd
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This is a typed listing of the academic courses taken by Peter Karpovich at the Medical Academy at Petrograd (Leningrad or Saint Petersburg). Included with the list is an explanation of why his academic records are incomplete, stating, essentially, that he could not carry them across the border of Latvia when he fled Russia. There is also a statement about how Brackett Lewis, the General Secretary of the YMCA at Riga Latvia did the translation of his certificate for passing his examinations. According to the document, he took Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and Theology among many other courses. The end note states that he also took private training in Physical Education Theory and received a certificate in Swedish Military Gymnastics and Play.
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Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master’s degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.
