Furrow, Ann Baker
Melissa Ann Baker (Furrow) was the first female Vol golfer, playing on the men’s golf team at UT in 1964 and 1965, being named to a men’s golf scholarship during the very brief period when the Southeastern Conference allowed women to play on men’s varsity teams. She was the first (and only) woman to play … Continued
Fuzzettes
Following Ann Rouse’s hiring as a UT policewoman in December 1968, three additional policewomen (Jo Phillips, Gay Cox, and Ruth Van Hoozier) joined the force in 1969. The campus nickname for the officers, used in print by A. T. Whitehead, superintendent of safety and security, was “fuzzettes.”
Gallery 1010
Gallery 1010 is the student-run exhibition space of the School of Art for UT students, faculty, staff, and alumni. It is the only fully student-run, nonprofit exhibition space in Tennessee. It represents UT artists as well as artists from other universities and community programs. Exhibitions run for one week and are attended by more than … Continued
Game Maxims of Coach Robert R. Neyland
Legendary UT football coach General Robert Reese Neyland established “Game Maxims” he stressed as keys to victory to his teams prior to each game during his tenure as the Vols’ head coach (1926–52). Every Tennessee team since Neyland’s days has recited seven of Neyland’s maxims (the seven were part of a larger list) just prior … Continued
Gamma Phi Beta (Inactive)
The Gamma Xi Chapter of the national sorority Gamma Phi Beta was established at the university on May 15, 1964. The national organization was founded at Syracuse University in 1874. Gamma Phi Beta was the first women’s Greek-letter organization to use the term sorority. In 1882 the word was coined for the Syracuse chapter by … Continued
Gamma Sigma Delta (Agriculture International Honor Society)
Organized with 70 charter members, the UT Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta was chartered on June 4, 1964. Its membership includes undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) and the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). In 1993 the UT chapter was recognized as the … Continued
Gardens
The University of Tennessee Gardens is a statewide system of three gardens—the original gardens, located along Neyland Drive in Knoxville; gardens at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson; and the Discovery Gardens at UT’s Plateau AgResearch and Education Center. The gardens along Neyland Drive were established in 1983 by the (then) Department … Continued
Garner, Philip Mason
Major League baseball player and manager Phil Garner graduated from UT in 1973 with a BS in business administration. As a UT baseball player, he was All-SEC in 1969 and 1970. The Montreal Expos drafted him in the eighth round of the 1970 draft, but he did not sign. He was drafted by the Oakland … Continued
Gas Lights
In 1875–76 university buildings were first lighted with gas, for which students paid eighty cents per month. Gas was provided by the local gas company and was coal gas. In 1878 the board of trustees purchased from the firm of Hyams and Butler (for $650) a Pneumatic Gas Machine, which was supposed to provide illumination … Continued