Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Bill_Orban> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 65 of
65
with 100 items per page.
- Bill_Orban abstract "William Robert Orban (21 April 1922 – 18 October 2003) was a Canadian athlete, scientist and academic. He was a pioneer in the field of physical fitness, best known for creating the 5BX programme in the late 1950s.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Orban played many sports at the Jesuit high school he attended, where he also did well academically. In 1941 he was offered a hockey scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley. He initially studied engineering but soon switched to the physical education programme, becoming the first Canadian to study it at that university. He was greatly interested in the subject and in 1953 went on to study a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois.After completing his studies he chose to return to Canada, despite offers of employment from several American universities. He took a position at the Department of National Defence in 1956 and was tasked to develop a fitness programme for Royal Canadian Air Force pilots, a third of whom were not considered fit to fly.In response to this brief he created the 5BX (5 Basic Exercises) plan. The plan was innovative in two respects. Firstly, it did not require access to specialised equipment. Many Air Force pilots were located in remote bases in northern Canada, with no access to these facilities, so it was important to offer a means of keeping fit without their use. Secondly, the plan only required 11 minutes per day to be spent on the exercises. Orban had noticed when testing oxygen intake in Illinois that long periods of exercise did not necessarily lead to significant improvement. This led him to the conclusion that the intensity of exercise was more important that the amount of time spent on it. This aspect of the plan drew a negative reaction from others in the field but the 5BX programme proved its worth. 23 million copies of the booklet were sold to the Canadian public and it was popular around the world, being translated into 13 languages. Orban, as a public servant, received no additional income from the success of the plan.In 1958 the University of Saskatchewan employed Orban to take the position of dean at its new Physical Education programme. While there he initiated the Saskatchewan Growth Study - a pioneering study of physical development in boys aged 7 to 17. In 1966 he returned to Ottawa to become a professor of the University's Human Kinetics department and became dean of that department in 1968, a position he occupied until 1976. He continued as a professor in Kinanthropology until his retirement in 1987.Even after his retirement he remained active, exercising daily until shortly before his death at age 81 in Ottawa. He also continued his academic work, developing the Physical Energetics Systems of Equations (PESE). This would allow individuals to calculate exactly how fit they could potentially be and what level of exercise would allow them to achieve this. He hoped that it would allow training times for athletes to be cut and help people recovering from illnesses to become fitter. Orban died from cancer shortly before his research was published.".
- Bill_Orban alias "Orban, Bill; Orban, William R.".
- Bill_Orban birthDate "1922-04-21".
- Bill_Orban birthPlace Regina,_Saskatchewan.
- Bill_Orban birthYear "1922".
- Bill_Orban deathDate "2003-10-18".
- Bill_Orban deathPlace Ottawa.
- Bill_Orban deathYear "2003".
- Bill_Orban wikiPageID "8117948".
- Bill_Orban wikiPageRevisionID "544602282".
- Bill_Orban alternativeNames "Orban, Bill; Orban, William R.".
- Bill_Orban dateOfBirth "1922-04-21".
- Bill_Orban dateOfDeath "2003-10-18".
- Bill_Orban hasPhotoCollection Bill_Orban.
- Bill_Orban name "Orban, Willian Robert".
- Bill_Orban placeOfBirth Regina,_Saskatchewan.
- Bill_Orban placeOfDeath Ottawa.
- Bill_Orban shortDescription "20".
- Bill_Orban description "20th century Canadian physical fitness specialist".
- Bill_Orban description "20th century Canadian physical fitness specialist".
- Bill_Orban subject Category:1922_births.
- Bill_Orban subject Category:2003_deaths.
- Bill_Orban subject Category:Canadian_academics.
- Bill_Orban subject Category:Canadian_scientists.
- Bill_Orban subject Category:People_from_Regina,_Saskatchewan.
- Bill_Orban type Academician109759069.
- Bill_Orban type Adult109605289.
- Bill_Orban type CanadianAcademics.
- Bill_Orban type CanadianScientists.
- Bill_Orban type CausalAgent100007347.
- Bill_Orban type Educator110045713.
- Bill_Orban type LivingThing100004258.
- Bill_Orban type Object100002684.
- Bill_Orban type Organism100004475.
- Bill_Orban type PeopleFromRegina,Saskatchewan.
- Bill_Orban type Person100007846.
- Bill_Orban type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Bill_Orban type Professional110480253.
- Bill_Orban type Scientist110560637.
- Bill_Orban type Whole100003553.
- Bill_Orban type YagoLegalActor.
- Bill_Orban type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Bill_Orban type Agent.
- Bill_Orban type Person.
- Bill_Orban type Person.
- Bill_Orban type Q215627.
- Bill_Orban type Q5.
- Bill_Orban type Agent.
- Bill_Orban type NaturalPerson.
- Bill_Orban type Thing.
- Bill_Orban type Person.
- Bill_Orban comment "William Robert Orban (21 April 1922 – 18 October 2003) was a Canadian athlete, scientist and academic. He was a pioneer in the field of physical fitness, best known for creating the 5BX programme in the late 1950s.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Orban played many sports at the Jesuit high school he attended, where he also did well academically. In 1941 he was offered a hockey scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley.".
- Bill_Orban label "Bill Orban".
- Bill_Orban label "Bill Orban".
- Bill_Orban sameAs Bill_Orban.
- Bill_Orban sameAs m.026s6pg.
- Bill_Orban sameAs Q862344.
- Bill_Orban sameAs Q862344.
- Bill_Orban sameAs Bill_Orban.
- Bill_Orban wasDerivedFrom Bill_Orban?oldid=544602282.
- Bill_Orban givenName "Willian Robert".
- Bill_Orban isPrimaryTopicOf Bill_Orban.
- Bill_Orban name "Orban, Willian Robert".
- Bill_Orban name "Willian Robert Orban".
- Bill_Orban surname "Orban".