Howard Aldmon, a native of North Carolina, earned the bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Carolina University. Following completion of his master’s degree, he served in Western Carolina’s Guidance Clinic and then was appointed dean of men. He began his service to UT as a teaching assistant in 1959 and joined the faculty of the Department of Education Administration and Supervision as an assistant professor in 1960. In 1963 he was named assistant dean of the College of Education and associate dean in 1966. He became dean of admissions and records in 1968 and was appointed UT Knoxville’s first vice chancellor for student affairs in 1969.
Widely respected as both teacher and administrator, he received the ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa) Outstanding Administrator Award in 1971. In recognition of his major role in the formative years of the women’s athletics program, he was elected to the Lady Vol Hall of Fame in 2003, and an annual Volunteer Award for Community Service was established by the Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics program.