UM announces $5M endowment to create chair in fisheries science for wildlife biology program
The announcement of the endowed chair in fisheries science comes at crucial time, as declining native trout populations have alarmed biologists, fishing outfitters and anglers alike. Here, Associate Professor Andrew Whiteley looks at a trout while surveying Rattlesnake Creek with UM students.
The Siebel-Lewis Endowed Chair in Fisheries Science honors donors Huey Lewis, left, and Ken Siebel, who joined together with more than 50 donors to establish the endowed position that will bolster and expand the aquatic focus of UM’s wildlife biology program. (Courtesy the University of Montana)
MISSOULA – The University of Montana announces the completion of a successful $5 million fundraising campaign to endow a chair in fisheries science for its renowned wildlife biology program.
The Siebel-Lewis Endowed Chair in Fisheries Science will bolster and expand the aquatic focus of the wildlife biology program, furthering its mission to deliver excellence in education and advance science-based management of fisheries in Montana, the West and beyond.
More than 50 donors joined together to establish the new chair during a 26-month campaign led by the University of Montana Foundation. Their gifts created the $5 million endowment that will support, in perpetuity, the research and work of the expert who will be recruited by the university to lead the fisheries effort. Significant contributors whose generous support made the endowment possible include investment manager Ken Siebel, musician Huey Lewis, the late Gordon Moore, the Tykeson Family Foundation and the Trailsend Foundation.
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