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Alumni World
F. William Hirt '47 Remembered
F. William Hirt, chairman of the board of Erie Indemnity Company, founded by his father, H. Orth Hirt, class of 1911, died July 13, 2007, at the age of 81. Under his leadership, Erie became one of the most highly regarded property/casualty companies in the country. Throughout his 41-year career at the Fortune 500 company, Hirt also remembered the world beyond business, which his alma mater recognized. In 1989, Wittenberg honored him with an Alumni Citation Award for placing service to humanity ahead of personal recognition or gain. Ten years later, the university recognized him again with its most prestigious award, the Class of 1914 Award, for service above and beyond what might be expected of any contributor to the college’s welfare. The Hirt name lives on inside the university’s history department through an endowed faculty chair named after Hirt’s father. A WWII veteran and member of Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity, Hirt served in numerous civic and charitable
organizations. Surviving are his wife, two daughters,
two grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren, a sister, Susan Hirt Hagen ’57,
several nieces and nephews, including Sarah Hagen
McWilliams ’88, and cousins, Marjorie Koons
Leemhuis ’45, Carolyn Leemhuis Lingenfelter ’52,
Stephen D. Hirt ‘67 and Andrew C. Hirt ’97. Preceding
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