A portrait photograph of Watson Lewis Savage. Watson Lewis Savage was born in Cromwell, Connecticut in 1859. He became a medical doctor in 1885 after graduating from the Long Island College Hospital. During the following years, Watson Savage was particularly active with sports associations and soon came to specialize in exercise-related medicine. He organized the Berkeley Athletic Club in New York City and the physical education department for Columbia University while working with the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. He was a prominent member of many national athletic associations and also published scientific research on exercise physiology as well as designing exercise equipment. In 1899, Watson Savage opened Dr. Savage’s Physical Development Institute, which was chartered as “The New York Normal School of Physical Education” by the New York State Department of Education. WATSON LEWIS SAVAGE, M.D.
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