CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The iconic lawn in front of Austin Peay State University’s Browning Building now has a new name – the Evans Harvill Memorial Quadrangle, or Harvill Quad.

The APSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Friday, June 4, to name the green space in honor of Harvill, a 1944 and 1947 graduate, who passed away last month at the age of 95.

“I’m so glad we’re doing this,” Trustee Keri McInnis (’95) said. “Evans Harvill was a force. When I was a student and a President’s Emerging Leader here, he was always involved.”

In 1929, Harvill’s father, Halbert, joined the school’s original faculty and later served as president of Austin Peay State College. Evans Harvill grew up on campus, and later in life, as a local lawyer and strong community advocate, he continued to support his home and alma mater.

He was a member of The Austin Peay Society — an organization that honors the institution’s major donors — and in 2004, he was honored with the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropy.