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Wallace Matthew Rogerson (1880 - 1943), President of the Wallace Institute of Chicago, was an early 20th-century era exercise leader and record producer.

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Rogerson was born in Moline Rock, Illinois on November 29, 1880. He made exercise records for the phonograph like "Get Thin to Music," and presaged the work of Jack LaLanne. [1] Wallace Rogerson founded the Wallace Institute around the turn of the 20th century [2] and offered in-person physical training and developed Wallace Records, or Wallace Reducing Records. [3] For many years he conducted the WGN programme Keep Fit to Music. [4] A 09/06/2011 PBS "History Detectives" broadcast found that Wallace Records preceded a competitor (named Walter Camp) in marketing records for (largely women's) exercising for weight reduction. Rogerson died on February 24 in Chicago, Illinois [4]

Rogerson's Wallace Institute is not to be confused with another Wallace Institute, which ceased operating September 1, 2002.

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References

  1. History Detectives, 09/06/2011 Transcript of PBS Broadcast on Wallace Rogerson, and others
  2. Official Reference Book, Press Club of Chicago, 1922
  3. "Wallace M. Rogerson". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  4. 1 2 "Obituary Wallace M. Rogerson". Chicago Tribune. 1943-02-25. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-08-11.