Ruth Henderson McQueen
“I am the product of the land-grant university system.” Ruth Henderson McQueen says her joy is to give back to the…
Clarence Brown
Armed with two degrees in engineering and with an automobile business, Clarence Brown forged a plot twist in his life…
Jimmy and Dee Haslam
Dee Haslam was just 17 when she began working in the television business for her father, cable production pioneer Ross…
Peyton Manning
By PHILLIP FULMER What could possibly be said about Peyton Manning that hasn’t been said before? Many times? Maybe a thing…
Gary Wade
Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice. Dean of Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law. Vol for Life. All of those describe…
Margaret Perry
When Margaret Perry became UT Martin’s sixth chancellor, she also began a string of firsts. She was first UT Martin alumna…
Reggie White
Everything Reggie White pursued, he did with intentionality, mindful of the legacy he hoped to leave behind. “Most people don’t live…
Carol Varnadore Aebersold
Growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Carol Aebersold had an elf doll named Fisbee who, according to her parents, kept…
Davan Maharaj
Davan Maharaj approached his time at UT Chattanooga as any future journalist would: with curiosity and a focus on finding a…
Ed Boling
By JOE JOHNSON When I was vice president for development, I led the search for the new chancellor at the…
Everyman/Everywoman
Taken as a whole, the 370,000 living alumni of UT campuses share some characteristics that help define the “average” UT…
James “Bucky” Wolford
“We were taught the importance of a team. We won as a team. We lost as a team.” The lessons…
Tamika Catchings
The difference between hearing and listening can be profound. And, for one of only nine women to win an Olympic…
Alan Wilson
UT has always been the critical ingredient in Alan Wilson’s recipe for success. “I bleed orange and have since the…
Julius Johnson
Julius Johnson grew up Forbus, Tennessee, in Fentress County, near the Tennessee-Kentucky border in what many know as Alvin “Sergeant”…
Lindsay Young
Lawyer. Coal company executive. Avid hiker. Dog lover. That was Lindsay Young, described by the Knoxville News Sentinel as “a…
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle
While traveling on Air Force One in May 2012, Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, assistant to the U.S. president and deputy White…
Ed Jones
BY ANTHONY HAYNES It was once said by a conservative newspaper writer in Memphis, “If you ever wanted to check…
Joel Katz
One of America’s foremost entertainment lawyers nearly lost his career before it began. But, thanks to an astute professor in…
Lindsey Nelson
One of America’s best-known sportscasters got his start as a Tennessee football play-by-play announcer during the era of legendary Gen.…
Barry Wilmore
Five hours had already passed inside his space suit as Barry Wilmore prepared to walk outside the International Space Station.…
Jim Powell
After he graduated from Bellevue High School in Nashville, a $250 hardship scholarship to UT Knoxville opened doors for Jim…
Bill Rhodes
Memphis native Bill Rhodes’ path to becoming chairman, president and CEO of AutoZone began with the swing of a golf…
