There are those who believe that Harris Lamb's name is really spelled C-O-E, because he gave more than 30 years of dedicated, unstinted service to the College. The Coe record book tells us that Harris won four letters in basketball, two in football and track. In basketball he led the scoring, was captain, and was named All-Conference three times. As a fullback he won All-Conference and All-State awards in football.

But that's only part of the record. After an enviable coaching career at Ohio Northern University, where his football teams went 49-23-11 between 1929 and 1942, Harris returned to coach at Coe. He served as co-athletic director with his brother, Willis, and at various times coached football, basketball, and track. He originated the Coe Relays.

But that's still only part of the record. In 1952 he took on the greater challenge of developing an alumni program for Coe. He traveled from coast to coast rekindling the interest of Coe alumni and channeling it into productive causes for the College.

Rare is the Coe graduate who has not felt the warmth of the ambassador from Cedar Rapids who greeted everyone by name and who could recite the hometown, fraternity, and athletic accomplishment of everyone in the room. Just as he won fame as a player and coach, Harris Lamb has won the respect of professional alumni directors as one of the stars of that game, and he won the affection of all those hundreds of Kohawks who are proud to call him friend.