SUNY Cortland Athletics

(UPDATED BIO - AUGUST 2021)

Education
B.S. in physical education, State University of New York, Cortland, 1963.
M.S. in physical education, University of Illinois, 1964
Ph.D in physical education, University of Illinois, 1967
 
Sports
At SUNY Cortland, participated on five athletic teams, baseball, wrestling, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and soccer.  Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field honors:  Red Letter Award, silver medal in javelin throw and 440 yd dash, and gold medal (school record) in mile relay at the New York State Track and Field Championships, college record holder in 220 and 440 yd. dashes and mile relay, silver medals in the mile relay at Penn Relays and Queens Iona Relays, and individual and team championship at Union Relays (equivalent to indoor state championship).  Soccer honors: team captain, All SUNY, All New York State and 1st Team All American.  Coached the UI Intercollegiate Soccer Club, 1963-1966. 
 
Employment history
Assistant/Associate Professor and varsity soccer coach, California State University, Fullerton, 1967-1973.  Qualified for NCAA post season competition four times, tying for 5th in the country the last three years.  Selected as Southern California Intercollegiate Soccer Association Coach of the year, 1970.  Selected to coach the Southwest Collegiate All Stars in the final player selections for the 1972 Olympic Games. 
 
Additional employment included Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and the National Exercise and Heart Disease Project, 1973-1976; Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Physical Fitness, St. Catherine Hospital, E. Chicago, IN, 1976-1982; Director of The Health Institute, Methodist Hospitals, Gary and Merrillville, IN, 1982-1983; President of Physician Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Merrillville, IN, 1983-1985;  President of Cardiac Pulmonary Consultants, Inc., 1985-1988; Associate Professor/Professor, Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Queens College, 1988 to 2012; Professor Emeritus, Queens College, September 2012 - date.
 
Professional Affiliations
Past and present professional affiliations: American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (Research Consortium Fellow); American College of Sports Medicine (Fellow); American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Editorial Review Board); American Heart Association Board Member; SUNY Cortland Alumni Board of Directors; Journal of Sport Sciences (editorial review); Queens College, Director of Physical Activity and Teenage Health (PATH), a school-based intervention to address heart disease risk factors in teenagers from underserved communities, 1989-2012.
 
Publications
Authored, co-authored or edited six published books and eight manuals on cardiac rehabilitation, physical fitness, and health promotion in teenagers, more than 100 publications in professional journals and books, more than 120 presentations nationally and internationally, and manuscript reviewer for several professional journals.

Recognition
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1963; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland, 1971-1972; SUNY Cortland C Club Hall of Fame, 1974; SUNY Cortland Outstanding Alumnus, 1982; American College of Sports Medicine Outstanding Program, Healthy People 2000, 1995; New York State Health Department Achievement Award for Health Promotion, 1995; State University of New York Outstanding Alumnus, 1997; American College of Sports Medicine Metropolitan New York Chapter Outstanding Researcher, 1997; University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Visiting Professor Research Award, 2000; Fellow, National Academy of Kinesiology, 2003.
 
Personal
Paul and his wife, Judith L. Rice, are retired in Savannah, GA.  They have four children: Stephen, Marjorie, Elizabeth and Patrick.  In retirement Paul has remained active in reviewing manuscripts for professional journals and as a consultant for school and community preventive health programs.