A charter for the Delta Delta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta was granted UT local fraternity Beta Sigma Alpha March 9, 1924. The chapter was installed February 28, 1925. Beta Sigma Alpha was organized in 1921 with the view of petitioning Delta Tau Alpha. In addition, when the Rainbow Fraternity merged with Delta Tau Delta … Continued

UT’s chapter of Delta Theta Phi traces its roots to the law school’s first professional fraternity, the Reese Law Club, founded in 1898 and named for William B. Reese, a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court and later president of the university. In 1903 the club became a division of Theta Lambda Phi, which later … Continued

Delta Upsilon colonized at UT on September 16, 1967, and was fully chartered on May 16, 1969. The national organization was founded at Williams College in 1834 as the first nonsecret society. The colors of Delta Upsilon are old gold and sapphire, and the motto is Justice, Our Foundation.

The Beta Lambda Chapter of Delta Zeta was established at UT in 1933 when members of Alpha Theta local sorority were taken into Delta Zeta to form a chapter at UT. The sorority went inactive and then reorganized on campus in 1984. Delta Zeta was founded in 1902 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The … Continued

The faculty introduced a system of demerits in 1869. At first, thirty demerits awarded by the faculty were sufficient to remove a student from the university, with the number being increased to one hundred in 1872. The practice was discontinued in the late 1870s.

Hired to direct the athletic program at the YMCA at the university, H. K. Denlinger captained and coached the first intercollegiate football game of UT (1891). He had been a player on the Princeton football team in 1890. He weighed 160 pounds and played halfback in the first UT intercollegiate football game, which was won … Continued

Bobby Denton, the Voice of Neyland Stadium, handled the PA duties at home football games from 1967 to 2013. His 48 years on the public address system was the longest tenure in college sports. Born in Clinton and an East High graduate, he was first a PA announcer at NASCAR races, became the voice of … Continued

A 1986 honors graduate in broadcasting, James Denton is well known for his role as Mike Delfino, the sexy plumber on ABC’s Desperate Housewives. Along with the rest of the cast, Denton was honored with the 2005 and 2006 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for best ensemble in a comedy. A graduate of Goodlettsville High … Continued

Theoretical physicist John Derieux, UT class of 1914, received both the BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from UT. In 1919 he received the PhD in physics from the University of Chicago. In 1920 he served as chief electrician for the US Bureau of the Census. During his 31-year career as professor of theoretical … Continued

William Everett Derryberry graduated from UT in 1928 with a perfect 4.0 average, the best academic record in the history of UT. As a student he earned football letters in 1925 and 1927, was a member of the tennis team, played intramural basketball, and was elected president both of the sophomore class and the Volunteer … Continued