No Rest For The Best

As a result, Loyd spent the next decade working for commercial printers, primarily in administrative roles but also doing, as he puts it, "just about everything you can do in a printing plant, from helping in the bindery to sweeping the floor."

In 1990, he joined LSU as an assistant for special projects. The ensuing years were a lesson in how a university environment differs from the corporate world, and Loyd vowed to change some attitudes upon assuming the director's position in 1995.