Alumni Snapshots: Winter 2019
Tennessee alumni and students around the state. Continue reading Alumni Snapshots: Winter 2019
Tag: Class of 1960-’69
A History-Making Gift to Transform UT Martin campus
A $6.5 million gift has moved an engineering and science building on the UT Martin campus a step closer to reality. Continue reading A History-Making Gift to Transform UT Martin campus
Dog Lovers Can Thank UT Martin Grad for First Parvo Vaccine
The year 1979 was a bad time to be a dog. Tens of thousands of dogs and puppies lost their lives in a nationwide epidemic of parvovirus, with no treatment in sight. But Bob Page helped change all that. Continue reading Dog Lovers Can Thank UT Martin Grad for First Parvo Vaccine
Engineer, Farmer & Pitcher
Randall Crowell still throws foes for a curve Continue reading Engineer, Farmer & Pitcher
Health Care Providers
Pharmacist couple mix advocacy and service Continue reading Health Care Providers
Three Vol Generations Deep
Scholarships helped Glass family continue UT legacy Continue reading Three Vol Generations Deep
Welcome to the Discovery Park of America
UT Martin faculty, students help with exhibits Continue reading Welcome to the Discovery Park of America
Not Lost, Found
A couple of years ago, I delivered a eulogy for Bob Alley. Fraternity brother, college roommate, best friend. Maybe you believe that connections like that are never broken and become permanent residents in a greater eternal consciousness. Or maybe, upon reading that last sentence, you’d say what Bob would, “Oh, please.” Continue reading Not Lost, Found
Championship Judges
The 1962 livestock judging national title changed the lives of six students. Continue reading Championship Judges
Learning from the past and present
Writer and editor Jack Topchik reflects on the college experience. Continue reading Learning from the past and present
First Trip to Cuba through Orange Lenses
Once a forbidden fruit to American travelers, Cuba poured out its sweet beauty and its tart past for the first time to me and 26 other Tennessee Travelers. Continue reading First Trip to Cuba through Orange Lenses
Southern Scribe
Mississippi native Minrose Gwin (Knoxville ’67, ‘83) tells the Tennessee Alumnus about the inspiration for her new book Remembering Medgar Evers, Writing the Long Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading Southern Scribe
Waverly
“Music on the Square” has been going strong since 2001, when Ron Pace (Knoxville ’64, ’69) and his wife, Sandy, hired the first band and handed out the first fliers. Continue reading Waverly
Moving the Chains
It was the very first game and the very first catch for No. 85 in your Tennessee program, a shy sophomore from Nashville named Lester McClain. Continue reading Moving the Chains
Eat Tennessee
Before farmers’ markets became all the rage, Joe Gaines (’69, ’76) was working on a plan to make Tennessee’s small-scale producers more profitable by helping them grab a larger share of the markets. Continue reading Eat Tennessee
Meet the Alumni Association Officers
Introducing the 2011-2012 leaders. Continue reading Meet the Alumni Association Officers
Flowers Reunite Families
These greenhouse owners left behind successful careers to return to Pall Mall, Tennessee. Part of the series, “Corporate to Country.” Continue reading Flowers Reunite Families
Alumni Bridge the UC and UTC Eras
Jerry Harris and Horace Traylor maintain strong ties to their university. Continue reading Alumni Bridge the UC and UTC Eras
They Paved the Way
UT’s first African American undergraduates enrolled in 1961. Continue reading They Paved the Way
Pat Wall: A Memphis Tradition
Teacher, administrator, walking history book–this longtime doc knows his stuff. Continue reading Pat Wall: A Memphis Tradition
Mike Moss: A Heart for the Homeless
The president of the UT Alumni Association is a volunteer’s volunteer Continue reading Mike Moss: A Heart for the Homeless
The Next Chapter for Martha Dempster Masengill
A longtime member of the development and alumni staffs retires. Continue reading The Next Chapter for Martha Dempster Masengill
A Long Way from Orange Mound: Dr. Alvin Crawford
Alvin Crawford says he “fell in love with kids” when he chose pediatric orthopedics as his life’s work. Continue reading A Long Way from Orange Mound: Dr. Alvin Crawford