Robert M. Malina

Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas ACADEMIC POSITIONS Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 1967-1989 (primary appointment), 1989-1995 (joint appointment with Kinesiology and Health Education) Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1989 (joint appointment with Anthropology), 1989-1995 (primary appointment) Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, 1995-2002 (primary appointment); Department of Anthropology (adjunct professor) ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Acting Associate Director, 1977 1978 Associate Director, 1980 1986, Acting Director, Fall 1982 Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, Michigan State University, Director, 1995-2001 ACADEMIC HONORS: HONORARY DEGREES Doctor Honoris Causa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Louvain, Groep Biomedische Wetenschappen, Instituut voor Lichamelijke Opleiding (Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Physical Education), April 27, 1989 Doctor Honoris Causa, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronislawa Czecha w Krakowie, Krakow, Poland (Bronislaw Czech University School of Physical Education in Cracow, Poland), October 16, 2001 Doctor Honoris Causa, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu, Wrocław, Poland (University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, Poland), September 18, 2006 Doctor Honoris Causa, Faculdade de Ciencias do Desporto e Educaçcão Fisica, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal), July 8, 2008 ACADEMIC HONORS: OTHERS Southern District Scholar, Southern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1982-1983 Distinguished Service Award, Department of Health and Physical Education, Golden Anniversary, Manhattan College, April 1986 Ninth Annual C.H. McCloy Research Lecturer, Research Consortium, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, April 1988 Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division II - Biological Sciences, Warsaw, May 1991; diploma awarded by the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Washington, D.C., September 1991 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1992 Alliance Scholar, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992-1993 Alumni Achievement Award, School of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 1992 Thirteenth Annual Alderson Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, February 1994 Citation Award, American College of Sports Medicine, May 1997 D.B. Dill Historical Lecture, American College of Sports Medicine, Annual Meeting, June 2000 Honor Award, North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine, August 2002 Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award, Human Biology Association, March 2006 Clark Hetherington Award, National Academy of Kinesiology (formerly American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education), September 2007 Hall of Honor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, April 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, June 2009 Honor Award, American College of Sports Medicine, May 2013