We see this campaign as a great opportunity for the Purdue swim teams and for athletics to take an active leadership role in a project that will benefit the entire student body. The center will be home to the men's and women's swim teams and also will be open to users and guests of the recreational gym. Since then, aerobics has blossomed, fitness is a way of life for both men and women, and our volume has grown to over one million uses of the facility per year. We simply must make these renovations to house more equipment and keep up with the demand. The infrastructure of the gym also will be upgraded with the addition of an elevator, a new air-handling system.
Academics also are a part of the project formula.
Thomas Templin, head of the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, said students and faculty will benefit from use of the facility for swimming and lifeguarding lessons and future research. We also are looking forward to the opening of the Ismail Fitness and Nutrition Research and Education Center in Lambert Fieldhouse, near where the pool is now. Shively, of Point Clear, Ala. has never hesitated to dive right in when it comes to involvement with Purdue. A 1941 Purdue graduate, he was the radio voice of Boilermaker sports on the university's station, WBAA, while a student at Purdue. TV18, Shively has put 12 other television stations on the air throughout the country and presently owns two NBC-affiliated television stations in Nebraska.