“So many men, so little time,” the witty, bawdy Hollywood star Mae West once observed.
Without embracing her sentiment, the Alumnus certainly faced something akin to that challenge when trying to comb through about 370,000 alumni to select a sliver of 100 illustrious grads to reflect the whole as the magazine celebrates 100 years of publication.
This year the magazine will reflect on where the university has been, where we are now and where we’ll be going in living up to and strengthening the proud tradition of academic excellence. In part, that excellence is reflected in the stories of 100 grads to be featured as part of the next three issues, starting with 33 in this issue.
We invite you to read the stories of your classmates and colleagues and enjoy the innate sense of pride that comes from being part of the UT alumni family.
William “Muecke” Barker
TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
UT Chattanooga, ’64
Paul Blaylock
NEUROSURGEON
UT Martin ’68, Health Science Center ’72
Philander Claxton
EDUCATOR
UT Knoxville, 1882
Bob Corker
U.S. SENATOR
UT Knoxville, ’74
Arthur “A.B.” Culvahouse Jr.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
UT Knoxville, ’70
Mark E. Dean
COMPUTER ENGINEER
UT Knoxville, ’79
Don Frieson
PHILANTHROPIST
UT Knoxville, ’90
Ron Frieson
PHILANTHROPIST
UT Knoxville, ’81
Tom Griscom
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIST
UT Chattanooga, ’71
Irvine Grote
SCIENTIST
UT Chattanooga, ’22
Henry “Hank” Hartsfield Jr.
NASA ASTRONAUT
UT Knoxville, ’71
Dennis Haskins
ACTOR
UT Chattanooga, ’15
Jim and Natalie Haslam
BUSINESS LEADERS AND PHILANTHROPISTS
UT Knoxville, ’52
Jim and Judi Herbert
BUSINESS LEADERS AND PHILANTHROPISTS
UT Knoxville, ’62, ’63
Charles “Chad” O. Holliday
BUSINESS LEADER
UT Knoxville, ’70
Allan Houston
PHILANTHROPIST AND FORMER NBA BASKETBALL PLAYER
UT Knoxville, ’93
Ray Jenkins
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
UT Knoxville, ’20
Sharon Price John
BUSINESS LEADER
UT Knoxville, ’86
Joe Johnson
UT PRESIDENT EMERITUS
UT Knoxville, ’60, ’68
Van Jones
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
UT Martin, ’90
Lowry Kline
ATTORNEY AND PHILANTHROPIST
UT Knoxville, ’62, ’65
Hank Lauricella
LOUISIANA LEGISLATOR
UT Knoxville, ’53
Sharon Lee
TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
UT Knoxville, ’75, ’78
Johnny Majors
FORMER UT KNOXVILLE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
UT Knoxville, ’57
Jimmy Naifeh
TENNESSEE LEGISLATOR
UT Knoxville, ’61
Douglas Owsley
SCIENTIST
UT Knoxville, ’75, ’78
Candace Parker
WNBA BASKETBALL PLAYER
UT Knoxville, ’08
Margaret Rhea Seddon
NASA ASTRONAUT
UT Health Science Center, ’73
Pat Summitt
FORMER UT LADY VOLS BASKETBALL COACH
UT Martin ’74, UT Knoxville ’75
Dorothy Hackett Ward
OPERA AND THEATER PIONEER
UT Chattanooga, ’28
Phil Wenk
DENTIST AND BUSINESS LEADER
UT Knoxville, ’73
UT Health Science Center, ’77
Chris Whittle
ENTREPRENEUR
UT Knoxville, ’69
John S. Wilder
TENNESSEE’S 48TH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
UT Martin, ’41
Learn more about our magazine’s selection process, and look for more profiles in the upcoming issues later this year.