A longstanding tradition, a dash by freshmen of the 100-yard football field during the halftime of a football game, began in 1927 with football standout Gene McEver being the first winner. At that time it was called the “rat” race, since freshmen were referred to as “rats.” The All Students’ Club (later by the Student … Continued

Friendship Forest is a unit of the Forestry Experiment Station consisting of 680 acres near Chattanooga.

Following the razing of Ellis and Ernest Drugstore, a broad walkway to the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center was installed, crossing the site where E&E had stood. In 1970, commemorating the place of Ellis and Ernest in UT’s history, a formal ceremony with UT officials and Drs. Ernest and Ellis was held to unveil … Continued

In 2007 Don Frieson was named senior vice president in charge of operations in Walmart’s central division. After an early stint with Kroger, and 12 years in management with Schneider National Carriers, Frieson joined Walmart in 1999. A 1990 graduate in operations management, Frieson first served in Walmart’s logistics department and was promoted to vice … Continued

The 2008 speaker at Torchnight, 1981 finance graduate Ron Frieson, had a significant career with BellSouth. When TechSouth, the company for which he worked, was bought and integrated into BellSouth’s Advertising and Publishing Group in 1985, Frieson became a BellSouth employee. In 1989 he was named the operations manager for the group and was subsequently … Continued

A curved, sculpted brick frieze encircles the Black Cultural Center just below the roofline. The sculpture chronicles the journey of African Americans by including representations of historical and contemporary figures such as Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, Martin Luther King Jr., Louis Armstrong, Alex Haley, Malcolm X, … Continued

From 1970 to 1985, “From the President’s Office” was published as an intercampus newsletter for UT faculty and staff. In its January 30, 1970, inaugural issue, the publication explained that the establishment of a university system had created the need for channels of communications from the central offices of the system to the faculty and … Continued

Phil Fulmer played offensive guard on the Tennessee football team from 1968 to 1971. The team was SEC champs in 1969 and went 11-1 in 1970 and won the Sugar Bowl. Fulmer served as an assistant at Tennessee 1972–73, then went to Wichita State for five years, where he coached the offensive line (1974 and … Continued

Thomas Fulton attended the University of Tennessee before entering Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1971, where he studied with Max Rudolph and David Effron and also worked with Eugene Ormandy. He joined the Curtis faculty after graduation. He made his professional conducting debut in 1976 with the San Francisco Opera. He joined the … Continued

Weston M. Fulton, an Alabama native who had earned the bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi where his uncle was president, moved to Knoxville in 1898 to be the weather forecaster at the Weather Bureau Station, which had moved to the UT campus earlier in 1898 at the request of President Dabney. The United … Continued