Centennial Issue

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…

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Clarence Brown

Armed with two degrees in engineering and with an automobile business, Clarence Brown forged a plot twist in his life…

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Jimmy and Dee Haslam

Dee Haslam was just 17 when she began working in the television business for her father, cable production pioneer Ross…

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Peyton Manning

By PHILLIP FULMER What could possibly be said about Peyton Manning that hasn’t been said before? Many times? Maybe a thing…

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Gary Wade

Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice. Dean of Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law. Vol for Life. All of those describe…

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Margaret Perry

When Margaret Perry became UT Martin’s sixth chancellor, she also began a string of firsts. She was first UT Martin alumna…

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Reggie White

Everything Reggie White pursued, he did with intentionality, mindful of the legacy he hoped to leave behind. “Most people don’t live…

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Carol Varnadore Aebersold

Growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Carol Aebersold had an elf doll named Fisbee who, according to her parents, kept…

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Davan Maharaj

Davan Maharaj approached his time at UT Chattanooga as any future journalist would: with curiosity and a focus on finding a…

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Ed Boling

By JOE JOHNSON When I was vice president for development, I led the search for the new chancellor at the…

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Everyman/Everywoman

Taken as a whole, the 370,000 living alumni of UT campuses share some characteristics that help define the “average” UT…

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James “Bucky” Wolford

“We were taught the importance of a team. We won as a team. We lost as a team.” The lessons…

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Tamika Catchings

The difference between hearing and listening can be profound. And, for one of only nine women to win an Olympic…

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Alan Wilson

UT has always been the critical ingredient in Alan Wilson’s recipe for success. “I bleed orange and have since the…

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Julius Johnson

Julius Johnson grew up Forbus, Tennessee, in Fentress County, near the Tennessee-Kentucky border in what many know as Alvin “Sergeant”…

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Lindsay Young

Lawyer. Coal company executive. Avid hiker. Dog lover. That was Lindsay Young, described by the Knoxville News Sentinel as “a…

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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…

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Ed Jones

BY ANTHONY HAYNES It was once said by a conservative newspaper writer in Memphis, “If you ever wanted to check…

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Joel Katz

One of America’s foremost entertainment lawyers nearly lost his career before it began. But, thanks to an astute professor in…

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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.…

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Barry Wilmore

Five hours had already passed inside his space suit as Barry Wilmore prepared to walk outside the International Space Station.…

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Jim Powell

After he graduated from Bellevue High School in Nashville, a $250 hardship scholarship to UT Knoxville opened doors for Jim…

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Bill Rhodes

Memphis native Bill Rhodes’ path to becoming chairman, president and CEO of AutoZone began with the swing of a golf…

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