NATA Hall of Fame Inductee for 1999
A native of Marietta, Ohio, Donald D. Lowe earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Kent State University, where he also served as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer in 1965, Assistant Athletic Trainer 1966-1969, and Head Athletic Trainer from 1969-1975. Since 1975, Mr. Lowe has been the Coordinator of Sports Medicine at Syracuse University. Mr. Lowe has served the greater Syracuse community and the Central New York region by creating the organizational structure and becoming the Executive Director of Onondaga Sports Medicine Clinics in 1986. Mr. Lowe has a multitude of U.S.O.C. experience, highlighted by his services as the Men’s Basketball Athletic Trainer in the 1983 Pan American Games, and on the U.S. Olympic Training Staff at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Mr. Lowe has served the NATA on various committees and was the Secretary of District 2 from 1982-1992. Mr. Lowe, along with other New York State ATCs, was instrumental in forming the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association and served as President of that association from 1984-1986; Empire State Games host athletic trainer, as well as helping to obtain professional regulation of athletic trainers in New York State. Mr. Lowe has received many awards for his outstanding service, highlighted by his 1983 Thomas Sheehan Award for Most Outstanding Athletic Trainer in New York State, National Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year by the NATA in 1986, Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association "Cramer’s Excellence Award" in 1991, NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer in 1995, and now his selection to the NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1999.
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