Inducted: 2003

BS in Commerce, 1957

Lee Congleton is president of the Richland Coal Company, Conrich Tennessee, Inc., Conrich Ohio, Inc., Spring Collieries, Inc., Stroud Coal Company, BBC Coal Company, and Hill & Hill Coal Company. In addition to his business interests, he has been an active force in civic and cultural affairs. He is a national trustee of Ducks Unlimited, a director of the Knoxville Zoo, a director of the Knoxville Museum of Art and a director of the Knoxville Teen Board. Mr. Congleton graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1957 after his service in the Korean War and is a UK Fellow.