Head and shoulders image of Dr. Don Bailey, Professor of Kinesiology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald A. Bailey was born in Saskatoon in 1934 during the Great Depression. He graduated from Nutana Collegiate in the late 1940s and earned a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1955. Dr. Bailey’s postgraduate education began at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and was completed at Indiana University where he received his PhD in 1959. He returned to Saskatoon in 1959 and was recruited into the School of Physical Education (later the College of Physical Education, and then the College of Kinesiology). During his scientific career Dr. Bailey studied child growth and development and the relationship between bone mineral accrual and physical activity in the growing years. He directed the landmark Saskatchewan Growth Study, a 10-year investigation of growth and physical fitness in school-age children. Dr. Bailey was a member of the original ParticipACTION SASKATOON Board of Directors, and longest serving member of the national ParticipACTION Board of Directors. Dr. Bailey remained in the College until his retirement in 1994, having taught over 5 decades, at which time he was granted the status of Professor Emeritus. In post-retirement Dr. Bailey assumed a visiting professor position at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, teaching the fall term growth and development course from 1995 to 2005.