Sept. 8, 1999
LAS VEGAS - UNLV President Carol C. Harter has been selected by the Mountain
West Conference to serve as its first representative on the NCAA
Division I Board of Directors.
The board, which is composed of 18 university presidents, is the
major governing body of the NCAA, setting policy and dealing with
financial matters involving Division I schools.
Harter, who previously served on the board as a representative of
the Western Athletic Conference when UNLV was part of that league,
will be one of two women serving on the board.
She will attend her first meeting as the Mountain West
representative next month in Chicago. Her term on the board will end
in January 2004.
"Having served on the board previously, I know the importance of
the issues that come before the board and I am, therefore, deeply
honored that my fellow Mountain West presidents have chosen me as the
first representative of our new league," Harter said. "I firmly
believe that athletics can play a most positive role in the lives of
college students and am looking forward to resuming my work on the
board."
Commenting on Harter's selection, Mountain West commissioner Craig
Thompson said, "Dr. Harter's past experience as a former board of
directors member is most critical in our inaugural year. That her
peers, the other Mountain West Conference presidents, have unanimously
endorsed her to represent us indicates the regard with which she is
held in this league."
Harter's involvement in the NCAA goes back many years. Not only
has she served once previously on the NCAA Division I Board of
Directors, but she also has served twice on the NCAA Presidents'
Council, a body which preceded the creation of the Board of Directors.
She first served on the council while president of the State
University of New York at Geneseo and served again later as president
of UNLV.
