Not in Newman. Vietnam Veteran who served on an aircraft carrier.

Winner of the 1988 Merriam-Frontier Award, University of Montana

Michael Umphrey was awarded a Bertha Morton Fellowship and the Richard Hugo Memorial Scholarship at the University of Montana in 1987. He was recognized as an "Outstanding Teacher from Montana" by the governor in 1986. His first collection of poetry, Lit Window, was published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center in 1987. He [was] editor for CutBank. -- back cover

Currently director [?] of Montana Heritage Project, "community centered education" ; his personal website is called "The Good Place"