March 13, 2002

Dr. Jeff Fair, Director of Athletic Training Services at the Naval Academy, will be inducted into the Mid-American Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame, Friday night in Omaha, Neb.

Fair, who is in his fifth year at the Naval Academy, was the head trainer at Oklahoma State for 25 years before coming to Annapolis.

Fair was an Adjunct Associate Professor, a member of the Graduate Faculty and the Coordinator of Sports Medicine and Athletic Training at Oklahoma State. He has also been an Adjunct Faculty and Clinical Instructor at Oklahoma Osteopathic College and a Clinical Instructor in Physical Therapy and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Langston University.

Fair graduated from Kent State with a bachelor's degree in health, physical education and recreation in 1971. He received his master's in health, physical education/counseling and guidance from North Dakota in 1974 and in 1987, he earned his Ph. D. in higher education/physical education from Oklahoma State.

Fair has been responsible for several inventions that demonstrate his knowledge in the training field, including the "Cowboy Collar," which he designed and patented in 1988, and the "Sprained Ankle Orthoses."

He is married to the former Carolyn Mallon from Springfield, Va., and has two sons, Jeffrey and Justin.