Kinesiology and Health Education

CENTER STAFF

• Jan Todd, Stark Center Founder and Co-Director
• Terry Todd, Stark Center Founder and Co-Director
• Thomas M. Hunt (Faculty)
• Kim Beckwith (Faculty)
• John Fair (Adjunct Faculty)
• David P. Webster (Adjunct Faculty)
• Paul Dimeo, Visiting Fulbright Fellow from Stirling University, Scotland
• Cindy Slater, Associate Director for Library Services
• Geoff Schmalz, Archivist
• Brent Sipes, Digital Archivist
• Laura Marshall, Administration and Librarian
• Jenna Galloway, Web Designer

The Stark Center was founded by University of Texas faculty members Terry and Jan Todd. They set many national and world records in powerlifting and began collecting materials about physical culture and sports well before their arrival at the University in 1983. The collection they assembled, formerly known as the Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection, is the largest of its kind in the world. Although housed at the University for many years, the collection was open to researchers only on a limited basis because of a lack of space and staff support. In 2009, the Stark Center opened in its new home in the North End Zone of the football stadium where it now contains more than 30,000 books, more than 2,000 serial (journal) titles, and a rich variety of primary source documents such as correspondence, photographs, films, and a wide assortment of print and media relations materials. In 2011, the Stark Center was recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an official Olympic Studies Centre, one of only two in the United States.

To read more about the Stark Center, to view its digital collections, and for maps and addition information visit the Stark Center Website.