Robert Hurt to speak at PVCC graduation

On May 13, Representative Robert Hurt will be the guest speaker at PVCC’s 38th annual graduation. The ceremony will start at 6 p.m. and is open to the public.

Robert Hurt is the representative for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, which extends from Charlottesville to the south side of Virginia and west to Bedford and Franklin Counties.

Hurt was raised in Chatham Virginia and attended Hargrave Military Academy.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Hampden-Sydney College and then went on to earn a law degree from Missippissi College School of Law.

After law school, Hurt worked as a Commonwealth attorney for Pittsylvania County from 1996 to 1999.

He joined the general practice law firm of H. Victor Millner, Jr. in Chatham in 1999 and completed the Sorenson Institute political leader program in 2000. Hurt was first elected to office as a member of Chatham’s Town Council from 2000 to 2001.

He then served three terms with the Virginia House of Delegates, from 2002 to 2007, after which he was elected as a representative of the 19th District for the Virginia Senate beginning in 2008, until his election to the 5th Congressional District in 2010.

In 2008, Hurt also opened his own law practice in Chatham. Va.

This will be the second time in eight months that Hurt has visited PVCC, having participated in a debate with Tom Perriello back in October.

Hurt currently is a Member of the Board of the New College Institute, the Virginia Bar Association’s Board of Governors, the Hampden-Sydney Wilson Center Advisory Board, the John Marshall Foundation Board and the Board of Directors of Roman Eagles Nursing Home. Hurt presently resides in Chatham with his wife and three sons.