This Week's Program - Aging Plus - Motivation to Keep Exercising
This Wednesday, Rotarians have will hear about the most promising non-pharmacological, non-invasive, and cost-effective method of health promotion – regular exercise - when Dr. Manfred Diehl, CSU Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Director of the Center on Aging in the College of Applied Human Sciences. reports on his research into the question; “How can we motivate middle-aged and older adults to become more physically active to promote their own healthy and successful aging?” Dr. Diehl will be introduced by Dr. Bob Simmons.
Manfred Diehl was born in a small town near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. He completed a M.S. in 1984 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Boon, West Germany before winning a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to study in the United States. He received his Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State in 1991, and taught at several universities, including the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs before coming to CSU in 2006. He has resided in the US permanently since 1987, and became a citizen in 2005.
Dr. Diehl and his wife, Dr. Lise Youngblade, Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at CSU, have two sons, Eric (23), and Christopher (18), plus as Sampson (the family dog), who is 6 years old.