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Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick
Luther Halsey Gulick is often referred to as the father of physical education and recreation in the United States. The founder and first director of the Springfield College physical department, it was Gulick who directed Naismith to create a winter…
Dr. Naismith as captain and Chaplain of the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Dr. Naismith as captain and Chaplain of the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, 1916. He was sent to serve in the Mexican Border War for 4 months and worked to protect soldiers from involvement with prostitutes and other vices.
Dr. Naismith instructing the women’s fencing team.
Dr. Naismith instructing the women’s fencing team. Photograph from the Dec. 1936 Jayhawker yearbook
Dr. Naismith with his grandsons
Dr. Naismith with his grandsons
Dr. Naismith with the KU Women’s Athletic Association basketball team
Dr. Naismith with the KU Women’s Athletic Association basketball team, ca. 1922
Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine
Secretary of the State Board of Health and Dean of the KU School of Medicine
