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After receiving his
doctorate in Physical Education at the University of
Michigan, Dr. McArdle started the Physiology of Exercise
Laboratory at Queens College in New York City. With a modest
budget (and lots of hard work), he developed a technically
sophisticated laboratory where he has been able to conduct
numerous research studies in his specialty of exercise
physiology. An excellent teacher, Dr. McArdle is proud of
his numerous students who have earned their doctorates in
Physical Education, and now are leading exercise
physiologists at major universities (examples include Dr.
George Brooks, UC Berkeley, Dr. Edward Coyle, University of
Texas at Austin, Dr. Arthur Weltman, University of
Virginia). Dr. McArdle's major research interests include
thermoregulation and respiratory physiology, along with
physiological adaptation to sports performance. Dr. McArdle
currently serves on the advisory board for Weight Watchers
International, and is a consultant on gender equity for the
United States Department of Justice, where he helped to win
several landmark cases that permitted women employment
opportunities as firefighters and police officers. Dr.
McArdle reviews articles for numerous scientific journals,
and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports
Medicine.
Dr. McArdle actively pursues outside hobbies (gardening and
farming, taking long walks on the beach by his house,
sailing his sunfish, jogging and riding his bike, reading
the Wall Street Journal every morning to see how his stocks
are doing (he never trades, he just hopes the market keeps
making gains), skiing at his winter vacation home, and bike
riding from his summer vacation retreat. Dr. McArdle has
four children. The oldest, Kevin, practices law, Theresa is
completing her doctoral dissertation in the field of
sociology, Amy graduated first in her class from physical
therapy school and is in private practice, and his youngest
daughter Jenny is a college junior. Dr. McArdle loves to
cook, adding home grown veggies to his favorite pasta
dishes. Favorite foods: Linguini with clam sauce and
arrugalla. Pet peeve: Finding errors in his textbooks! Now
if he could only figure out what to do in
retirement.
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