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Awards Event Details Date: October 4, 2007 Time: 6pm cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, 7pm awards ceremony Location: University Center Ballroom
Price: Individual tickets: $150/person Table: $1,500 (seating for 10 people at your table) Attire: Business dress Deadline: Reservations must be made by September 15, 2007 Contact: larae.hackney@business.umt.edu or (406) 243-4830 for reservations and more information
Campus and General Public Event – Friday October 5, 2007 If you are not able to attend the awards dinner, please join us on Friday October 5, 2007 in the University Theatre at 1:30pm. Stuart Evey and Warren Miller will address UM’s students, faculty, staff, and the Missoula community. This event is free of charge and open to the public.
About the Award The Lewis & Clark Pioneer in Industry Award is becoming a cornerstone of our efforts at the University of Montana and the School of Business Administration to enhance entrepreneurship education opportunities for our students and to inspire Montana’s future generation of successful entrepreneurs. The MADE organization would like to thank President George Dennison and Dean Larry Gianchetta for the supporting our efforts to bring world-class entrepreneurs to our campus to share their stories.
The idea for the Lewis & Clark Pioneer in Industry Award event originated from MADE members recollections of being inspired by world-class entrepreneurs who visited their campuses while they were college students. MADE members said, “Why can’t we do the same thing here at the University of Montana?” When MADE developed the concept for the Lewis & Clark Pioneer in Industry Award further, the group decided to differentiate the University of Montana award from other entrepreneurship awards in a very unique way that is reflective of Montana’s culture. The Lewis & Clark Pioneer in Industry Award is presented to extraordinary individuals whose professional achievements represent a revolutionary, pioneering impact in their field of endeavor. The main point of differentiation for our award is that in addition to a candidate’s professional achievements, he or she must also demonstrate a sense of social responsibility through making positive contributions to the communities in which they live. All of our award recipients exude these characteristics and in doing so serve as exemplary role models for our students, faculty, administrators, and the general Montana community.
MADE also decided that the physical award (photo to right) itself should be something very special, rather than just another plaque that would eventually wind up in a closet or desk drawer. Six Montana artists competed to have their work selected for this award. The work of Justin Michael, a sixth generation Montana saddle maker, was selected. Justin's piece, called "The Decision", was chosen as it reflects the difficult decisions and challenges that all entrepreneurs face.
The Decision, was a milestone in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and took place in June of 1805 at the fork of the Marias and Missouri Rivers in Central Montana.
On that day a major disagreement between the two leaders and the guides arose regarding which river to travel down and the party actually split up for awhile as they went their separate ways. Later, as we all know, they reunited on the Missouri and continued their world and country changing expedition.
Our award recipients also faced many difficult decisions in their careers that were much like those faced by our famous pioneers and thus we felt this piece depicted our intent and celebrated "The Decision".
The award has been hand crafted of Montana Cow hide, tanned and stained in an original 1800's process then hand painted to highlight the colors of the day. Each piece has over 100 hours of the artist's time. The frames were selected from old bridge beams of Douglas Fir from a bridge that was removed from one of the spans across a tributary stream in Central Montana that feeds the Missouri around Great Falls.
Criteria for Selection This award is presented by the University of Montana, the School of Business Administration, and the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs (MADE) to world-class entrepreneurs who started with modest resources and won national or international recognition as leaders in their industry. The Lewis and Clark Pioneer in Industry Awards honor extraordinary individuals whose professional achievements represent revolutionary, pioneering impact in their field of endeavor.
In addition to
their professional achievements, award recipients also
demonstrate a sense of social responsibility by contributing
positively to the communities in which they live and in doing so
serve as exemplary role models for students and the community.
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Stuart
Evey was born in Havre, Montana, and
from a very young age developed an
insatiable thirst for sports, both as a
participant and as a fan. He attended the
University of Washington, where he was a
member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and
graduated in 1958, following serving in the
Army in Berlin, Germany. Evey began his
career with Getty Oil Company, starting at
the bottom and working his way up to VP of
world wide non-oil operations, a position
the he held after 26 years of service. His
rise was accelerated due to his close
relationship with George Getty, who was his
mentor during this time. Evey’s
responsibilities at Getty included
commercial real estate, lumber and plywood
mills in the U.S. and Africa, agribusiness
holdings in California, and hotel and resort
holdings in the U.S. and Mexico. In 1979,
Evey was approached by an entrepreneur with
a vision for launching a total sports
network cable television network. Evey was
intrigued with the plan and decided to
recommend an investment in this new industry
to Getty management. Following Getty’s
investment in the launch of ESPN, Evey
became the founding chairman and his vision
and business sense helped make ESPN in to
what many have said is the most successful
story in broadcasting history. Not only did
he direct and oversee the growth of ESPN, he
also negotiated the sale to ABC Television
in 1984 for nearly $300 million. Evey has
served on the boards of many companies
including Cyan, Mitsubishi Oil Company, GO
Energy, Louisiana Gaming Company Vadium
Technology, and H.F. Ahmanson and Co. Evey
has written a book about the early days of
ESPN , called “ Creating an Empire”. He
currently lives in Spokane with his wife,
Mary, and serves as a business development
consultant and guest speaker.
Warren
Miller was born and raised in Hollywood,
California. Miller’s passion for skiing began
at age 13 when he spent his first day on the
slopes. Today, at age 82, Miller is recognized
“worldwide as the most radical sports
filmmaker of our time”, “the king of sports
movie makers”, and was recently credited in an
ESPN program as being responsible for the
athletic film genre. Miller began his
filmmaking career with modest resources,
namely a $100 investment in an 8mm camera.
His first film, “Deep and Light”, was produced
on a $500 budget and Miller himself travelled
from city to city and resort to resort to show
and narrate the film. As his films grew in
popularity so too did the number of locations
at which he showed and personally narrated his
film. One year Miller tracked his travels and
counted staying in 210 motels and hotels and
having showed and personally narrated a film
in over 130 cities and resorts. By 1989
Miller had produced more than 350 films,
including 100 ski films and 150 marketing
films. Miller is also an accomplished author
and cartoonist, having published his work in
several books including The Navy goes to
college, Are My Skis on Straight?,
Nice Try George, and Wine, Women,
Warren, and Skis. His most recent book,
Freedom Found: How old would you be if didn’t
know when you were born? will be published
in the fall of 2007. Miller continues to be
very active in the ski community, serving as
the Honorary Director of Skiing at the
Yellowstone Club in Montana, writing the
“Warren’s World” column for every issue of Ski
Magazine, and publishing his “Ski
Bums/Warren’s World” column in newspapers
across the nation. In addition to being a
member of the Ski Hall of Fame, Miller has
received ten CINE Golden Eagle Awards, eight
Industry Film Producers Association (IFPA)
Awards, the Distinguished Documentary
Achievement Award, and the US Ski Writers
Association’s Gold Quill Award. Miller has
also been involved with many philanthropic
activities including the Warren Miller Freedom
Foundation, an organization that teaches
ethical principles of business and
entrepreneurship to young people.