Edward M Winter
( 1950-2020 )
The Society records with regret the death of Member Edward M. Winter, Professor Emeritus of the Physiology of Exercise at The Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) on 18 July at the age of 70. He began his career teaching physical education at a Leicester secondary school before moving to his first higher-education post at Bedford College, later part of De Montfort University, in 1982. Edward’s primary research focus was the measurement and scaling of human performance and metabolism. A Fellow of BASES and a member of The Society from 1993, he moved to SHu in 1999 and under his leadership, SHU became a key centre of sport and exercise science in the UK. Ed was noted as a talented squash player, automotive engineer and magician.