Alma Reagan of Gatlinburg was the first female chair of UT’s Development Council, serving from 1978 to 1980. During the time she served, UT held its first capital gifts campaign, the Tennessee Tomorrow campaign. She and her husband, Hal, established one of UT’s largest endowments at the time, supporting academic and athletic scholarships, faculty awards, fellowships, lectureships, a veterinary medicine residency program, and cancer research. In 1980 the Reagans received the Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Service to the University.