Bobby Dodd transferred from Vanderbilt to UT in mid-semester of his freshman year when Vanderbilt got his initial grades. He played in a freshman football game for UT the afternoon that he transferred. He was UT quarterback from 1928 to 1930 and was part of the famous Hack, Mack, and Dodd backfield at Tennessee. A … Continued

Lola Dodge was appointed senior research associate in the Office of Institutional Research in 1987 to maintain the data and analyses necessary to support the affirmative action effort. Camille Hazeur was appointed at the same time to serve as affirmative action coordinator, replacing Denise Harvey. Vice Chancellor Homer Fisher reorganized the affirmative action function, elevating … Continued

See Appalachian Dogwoods.

The Dolphin Club was founded as a swimming club comprised of girls interested in performing stunts and formations in aquatic maneuvers. They presented an annual water pageant each winter quarter.

On January 15, 2010, Athletic Director Mike Hamilton announced the appointment of Derek Dooley, athletic director and head football coach at Louisiana Tech University, replacing the departed Lane Kiffin. The announcement came after a brief search and reported rejections from Texas’ Will Muschamp, Air Force’s Troy Calhoun, and Duke’s David Cutcliffe. Dooley, son of University … Continued

After graduating from UT in 1893, Marion Dorset entered the University of Pennsylvania to study medicine. After one year there, he joined the US Department of Agriculture at the insistence of Dr. Charles Dabney, UT president on leave to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture. He completed his MD degree at George Washington University in … Continued

The College of Engineering has presented the Nathan W. Dougherty Award since 1957 to recognize engineers who have brought honor and distinction to the college through their achievements and who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession in Tennessee through their professional activities. The first recipient was Thomas Hampton Allen.

Designed by Barber and McMurry and built at a cost of $1.9 million, this building is named for Dr. Nathan Washington Dougherty who served as dean of the College of Engineering from 1940 to 1956. Johnson and Galyon of Knoxville was the contractor. It was financed with funds appropriated by the 1959 legislature. Some 25,000 … Continued

Nathan Dougherty graduated from UT in 1909 in civil engineering and received the degrees of CE (civil engineering) and MCE (master’s in civil engineering) from Cornell University in 1913 and 1914, respectively, while serving as an instructor in civil engineering at Cornell. He left Cornell for the faculty of George Washington University in 1914 and … Continued

Ula Love was raised in Paris, Tennessee, and graduated from Grove High School in 1921. (At Grove, her given name was spelled Eula.) She then attended UT for one year. Elocution classes at Grove and her good looks led her to leave college to pursue an acting career. She studied in Chicago and then went … Continued