Robert S. BehnkeRobert S. Behnke (PEM, BS, 1962 Ph.D., Professor of Physical Education for the School of Health and Human Performance at Indiana State University, took a sabbatical during the 1995-96 academic year to travel and collaborate with another UIUC graduate Dr. Robert Moore. The two professors have been coauthoring an entry-level athletic training text that they plan to dedicate to their mentor, Bob Nicolette (PEM, BS, 1956), who served as head athletic trainer at UIUC from 1957 to 1969. Dr. Behnke was Nicolette's successor and served from 1969 to 1973. In 1995, Dr. Behnke was recognized for his outstanding contributions to sports medicine and the athletic training profession when he received the Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). Through close involvement with various academies and associations, he has been instrumental in establishing nationwide the: (1) recognition of athletic training as an allied health profession; and (2) accreditation of athletic training education programs. Dr. Behnke's contributions greatly benefit education and training in the field of athletics. He currently chairs both the National Athletic Trainers' Association Professional Education Committee (NATAPEC), an association that accredits graduate programs in athletic training, and the Joint Review Committee for Educational Programs in Athletic Training (JRC-AT), a committee of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) that accredits programs in athletic training. Read More Read Less