Personal Papers of Henry A. Shenk 1933-1971
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Shenk, Henry A., 1906-1989
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Henry Shenk (1906-1989) was a football player and, later, head football coach (1943-1945) for the University of Kansas. He also acted as Chair for the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at the University of Kansas from 1941-1972. Shenk retired from the University in 1976 and was awarded the Fred Ellsworth Medallion in 1979. Upon his death in 1989, Shenk was buried at Pioneer Cemetery on the University of Kansas’s Lawrence campus. Shenk Sports Complex, a series ...
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.
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The American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) is a service organization whose founding dates back to November 27, 1885 when William Gilbert Anderson, an instructor of physical education at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, invited a group of people working in the gymnastic field to come together to discuss their profession. A successor to the American Physical Education Association, it changed it name in 1975 to the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and ...
