Director of Campus Recreation to retire after 50 years of service
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Channel: Vanderbilt University · 2013 · Education
Be careful when choosing your first job, advises Sam Hirt, director of campus recreation at Vanderbilt, because it might end up being your career. That's what happened to Hirt, who had just completed a master's degree in physical education at George Peabody College when he applied for the position of Vanderbilt's first full-time director of intramurals. Hired by then-Vice Chancellor Rob Roy Purdy, Hirt's first day on the job was Labor Day, Sept. 2, 1963. "Like any job, there's a lot of planning that goes into what your dreams and goals are," Hirt said. "I have always dreamed of getting more for the students. The primary reason we're here is the students." To learn more about Vanderbilt, visit http://www.vanderbilt.edu.
