Ivy in Inaugural Class of Elite Fellows - February 13, 2008

Dr. John Ivy

Old Dominion University’s Darden College of Education has named alumnus John Ivy a Fellow in honor of his exceptional career accomplishments. The Fellows program was launched in November 2007, and Ivy is one of five scholars to be chosen for this inaugural class of honorees.

Ivy is chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. He also holds the Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Kinesiology and Health Education.

“We wanted to do something to recognize the Darden College’s most distinguished alumni,” said Jennifer Priest, Major Gifts Officer at Old Dominion, “so we decided to start a Fellows Program, marked by an annual celebratory event at the end of American Education Week. This year attendees included numerous alumni, faculty members and students.

“So many individuals who are very special to us were able to interact, and our Fellows had the opportunity to speak to graduate students and present lectures to our faculty. Dr. Ivy is really much more important to us than he realizes – Dr. Bob Spina, the chair of our Department of Exercise, Science, Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, was a graduate student under Dr. Ivy and owes much of his professional success to that mentorship.”

At future annual gatherings, Darden College plans to invite all previous honorees as well as announce new Fellows.

Ivy is considered one of the world’s leading experts on carbohydrate and fat metabolism and on the relationship between nutrition and exercise performance. He has published more than 300 research papers and review articles, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and on the advisory board of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Ivy is co-author of “The Performance Zone” and “Nutrient Timing,” two books about nutrition action plans that build greater physical endurance and maximize sports performance.

—Kay Randall, University Communications, 512-232-3910