2007 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient:

Harley Lewis '63, M.S. '64

Harley Lewis grew up in Butte and earned his bachelor's and master’s degrees in health and physical education at UM. He was UM’s head track and cross country coach from 1966 to 1978 and was selected Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year nine times. While serving as director of athletics at UM from 1975 to 1989, he oversaw construction of Washington-Grizzly Stadium. From 1989 to 1994, he served as NCAA assistant director of championships. Harley was inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. He has been director of development at the University of Arkansas since 1997 and was instrumental in their successful $1 billion campaign completed in 2005. He and his wife, Bev, live in Fayetteville.