George Connor
Students of UT Chattanooga English professor George Connor can describe him as a friend and mentor who believed in them.…
Margaret Scobey
Four years ago, when retired U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey spoke at a UT Knoxville commencement ceremony, she said that you…
Randal Weber
Dr. Randal Weber, internationally recognized surgeon and expert in the treatment of patients with head and neck surgery, is a…
Terry Douglass
Terry Douglass has helped shape medical technology and health-care provider businesses, impacting the lives of millions of patients. Douglass was…
Waymon L. Hickman Sr.
Waymon Hickman knows firsthand how powerful a scholarship can be for a student. The moment he received his first scholarship…
Charles C. Anderson Jr.
Charles C. Anderson Jr. is a Florence, Alabama, native who came to UT Knoxville on an athletic scholarship to play…
John Ward
“It’s time.” And, after 40 years, it was. John Ward became the play-by-play announcer for Tennessee basketball in 1958, Tennessee…
Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson, a 2008 gold-medal Olympian, a 2005 Women’s National Basketball Association champion, four-time All-SEC women’s basketball player and UT…
Winfield Dunn
In his 2007 book, From A Standing Start: My Tennessee Political Odyssey, former Tennessee Gov. Winfield acknowledges the question he…
Charlie Ergen
An avid mountain climber, Charlie Ergen has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and reached Mount Everest…
John Cullum
John Cullum is a two-time Tony Award winner, best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Holling Vincoeur on television’s Northern…
Estes Kefauver
During the Democratic primary campaign for U.S. Senate in 1948, Memphis politician Ed Crump accused Estes Kefauver of being sympathetic…
Jerry Reese
When Jerry Reese addressed graduates during UT Martin’s spring 2011 commencement, he told them 95 percent of people have the…
Wilma Jordan
Wilma Jordan is founder and CEO of the Jordan, Edmiston Group, the second-longest tenured investment bank on Wall Street. She’s…
John Fisher
Ball Corporation, now a Fortune 500 Company with more than 13,000 employees, faced possible closure shortly after World War II.…
Hershel P. “Pat” Wall
Dr. Pat Wall has held many important titles at the UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) during his career that has…
Condredge Holloway
“All I needed was an opportunity,” says Condredge Holloway. And UT Knoxville provided it. Holloway arrived on campus in 1971 as a…
Phillip Fulmer
So, one time Phillip Fulmer gave up his beloved orange for red when he donned the Santa suit for his…
James “Jim” Clayton Sr.
The Clayton name is literally a household word in East Tennessee. Clayton Homes founder Jim Clayton Sr. was born in 1934…
Randy Boyd
Randy Boyd arrived at UT Knoxville knowing only that he wanted to major in business. Once he learned about the…
Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly confessed that he spent 13 years staring out of school windows, graduated in the bottom half of his…
Max Fuller
Max Fuller might just have diesel in his blood. His father sold used cars in the 1950s and traded two…
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…
