Karpovich and Le Maistre with Student

Item Information

Title:
Karpovich and Le Maistre with Student
Description:
This photograph shows Dr. Peter Karpovich (left) and Harry Le Maistre (right) standing behind a student next to the pool in Judd Gymnasium. The student is connected to a machine monitoring his respiration. Harry Le Maistre, originally from Melbourne, Australia, was one of twenty-three foreign students studying at Springfield College in 1939. While at the school, he was featured as a “muscle men” in a photo essay published in Life magazine; the photograph showed Karpovich painting life-like muscles onto Le Maistre’s body.
Date:
[1935?–1939?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Peter V. Karpovich Papers > e
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
Judd Gymnasia
Springfield College--Buildings
International Young Men's Christian Association College
McCurdy Natatorium
Karpovich, Peter V.
LeMaistre, E. Harold
Springfield (Mass.)
Swimming Pools
Experiments
Research
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/4968
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
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.
Identifier:
ms501-01-e-04-14-003
Karpovich-and-LeMaistre-with-swim-student