World-Renowned Project Engineer/Manager Donates $500,000 to UI
Wednesday, October 10 2001
Oct. 10, 2001^BOISE – Jack Lemley, a world-renowned project engineer and manager who orchestrated completion of the Chunnel under the English Channel between Great Britain and France, has donated $500,000 to his alma mater, the University of Idaho.^ Lemley and his wife, Pamela, as well as their children – Jim, Tara and John Lemley, and Kristin and Jill Simplot – have requested the gift go primarily toward construction of the UI College of Business and Economics’ new J. A. Albertson Building on the Moscow campus.^ “Jack and Pamela Lemley are efficient, effective industry leaders who have made a difference in every place they’ve been, whether it is at the University of Idaho, in Boise or halfway around the globe,” said UI President Bob Hoover. “We appreciate their generous financial support and their untiring work on behalf of the institution.”^ Honored by the Queen of England in 1996 for his work on the Chunnel, Jack Lemley has spent his entire professional career working on increasingly large and complex construction projects. A native of Coeur d’Alene, he earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the UI in 1960. ^As a young man, he drove bulldozers and other heavy equipment on construction jobs. He honed his management and negotiating skills and rose to high-level positions for several large contractors. He was a senior vice president at Morrison-Knudsen for many years and served as CEO of Blount Construction as well.^In 1989, he was named CEO of Transmanche Link, the Anglo-French venture building the $18.2 billion Chunnel. Most recently, he became chairman and CEO of American Ecology Corp., a nuclear and chemical waste company he moved from Houston, Texas, to Boise.^Lemley has been recognized by many organizations for his professionalism and effectiveness. In 1996, Queen Elizabeth gave him the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He was cited by Engineering News-Record as one of the Top People of the Past 125 Years in the engineering and construction industry. He is an inductee in the UI Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame.^Pamela Lemley is an accomplished businesswoman in her own right. She is the CEO of Lemley & Associates, a Boise-based management-consulting firm. She also is a member of the UI College of Business and Economics Advisory Board.^ The Lemley gift is part of The Campaign for Idaho a multi-year fundraising effort aimed at supporting the strategic initiatives of the university.^CONTACTS: Caroline Nilsson-Troy, director of The Campaign for Idaho, (208) 885-7069, cnilsson@uidaho.edu, or Kathy Barnard, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-6291, kbarnard@uidaho.edu^-30-^krb—10/10/01UA==^
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