WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Eleanor Lamb
- Induction:
- 2018
- Class:
- 1943
Eleanor Lamb, a lifelong resident of Morgantown, spent 55 years working in the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1958-2013
Lamb joined the WVU staff on June 9, 1958, as a secretary to then-athletic director Red Brown. She was named as an assistant to Brown in 1965 and was elevated to assistant athletic director on July 1, 1971, where she was involved with the financial details and arrangements of all athletic events. Lamb was the first female to hold a senior administrative role in the department's history.
Lamb, who also worked with WVU athletic directors Leland Byrd, Dick Martin, Fred Schaus, Ed Pastilong and Oliver Luck, retired from full-time status on July 1, 1984. She then went on to work in the department on a part-time basis as an administrative assistant in the business office. Lamb retired from the department on March 31, 2013.
Prior to working at WVU, Lamb worked for WAJR radio in Morgantown and for WPDX in Clarksburg as director of continuity.
Lamb is a 1943 graduate of WVU with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She has one son, Chris, and one grandson, Kazu.
Lamb joined the WVU staff on June 9, 1958, as a secretary to then-athletic director Red Brown. She was named as an assistant to Brown in 1965 and was elevated to assistant athletic director on July 1, 1971, where she was involved with the financial details and arrangements of all athletic events. Lamb was the first female to hold a senior administrative role in the department's history.
Lamb, who also worked with WVU athletic directors Leland Byrd, Dick Martin, Fred Schaus, Ed Pastilong and Oliver Luck, retired from full-time status on July 1, 1984. She then went on to work in the department on a part-time basis as an administrative assistant in the business office. Lamb retired from the department on March 31, 2013.
Prior to working at WVU, Lamb worked for WAJR radio in Morgantown and for WPDX in Clarksburg as director of continuity.
Lamb is a 1943 graduate of WVU with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She has one son, Chris, and one grandson, Kazu.
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