In 1916 the Class of 1911 undertook mailing of forms requesting information from alumni—both graduates and ex-members of classes—to compile an alumni directory.

Dr. Bernadotte Schmitt, BA in chemistry in 1904, was selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1905.

Dr. James McGill Buchanan (MA 1941) received the Nobel Prize in economics in 1986.

The first alumnus to serve as the institution’s full-time president was James H. Piper, an 1830 graduate, who served for one year during the 1833–34 school year.

David S. Hart, class of 1821, joined the faculty as tutor and mathematics teacher upon his graduation and served from 1821 to 1823.

Owen Davis, who attended UT as a subfreshman in 1888–89, received the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play, Ice-Bound, in 1923.

David Edgar, swimming, won both the 50- and 100-meter freestyle in the 1970 NCAA Championships. He did it again in 1971.

In 1892 Dr. Charles W. Kent of UT was among representatives of eight southern colleges and universities (University of North Carolina, Wake Forest, Sewanee, University of Virginia, St. John’s College, Johns Hopkins, University of Alabama, and UT) that met in Richmond to form a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The group elected J. B. Robertson of … Continued

In 1909 the UT Baseball Team, under the direction of Coach Frank Moffett, won all its league games and claimed the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship. In 1914 the football team, coached by Zora G. Clevenger and Miller Pontius, were 9-0 and became the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions. (The highlight of the 1914 football … Continued

In 1998 UT signed two-year contracts with Athletics Directors Doug Dickey (men) and Joan Cronan (women). The contracts included a provision for extensions of an additional six months. Salaries of the two did not change under the new contractual arrangement, and the documents provided that if UT wished to buy out either contract, the university … Continued