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A student at Union College in New York in the '70s, Vander Veer was made physical director at that college, holding the second position under that name ever given in the United States. After 15 years' service at Union College, he gave two years' service to Case School of Applied Science.

In 1893 he was made physical director of the Seattle Athletic Club, and went from that position to the University. He resigned from the university staff in 1904, intending to quit the athletic profession, at the time being the oldest man in point of service at the institution. However, in 1906 he was appointed head of the athletic department at the University of Idaho. He served one year and then retired, but in 1910 returned to Idaho in his old capacity and turned out winning athletes until 1915. Adieu, he returned to his present position of track coach at Washington, in all he coached at Idaho for seven years and at Washington for 13 years.

The coach was one of the foremost athletes in the eastern states while in college and has done the 100-yard dash in 1909 4-5 and holds medals for time done in races from fifty yards to fifty miles. Today, at 63 years, he is still an athlete. He celebrated his last birthday by doing feats on the parallel bars that the present young gymnasium instructor could barely duplicate. In former years, Vander Veer was associated with the greatest athletes the country produced. 