The Alumni Association once offered a two-year scholarships to the valedictorians of all high schools in Tennessee. If more than one valedictorian was named by a school, the student with the highest standardized standard test scores was the recipient. This scholarship was awarded starting in the early 1980s through the 1990s and is no longer … Continued

The Women’s Council, a 16-member volunteer organization of the system-wide Alumni Association, was established as the Women’s Activities Office of the Alumni Association on February 28, 1970. On that day the board of governors of the UT Alumni Association established the function and approved the creation of a post of Director of Women’s Activities to … Continued

The UT Knoxville Alumni Board of Directors was established in 2009. The first president was Alan Wilson—a 1980 Communication and Information graduate—who was CEO and chairman of the board of McCormick & Company at the time.

In March 1995 the Alumni Mail Room, from which mailings to alumni and friends emanate, was named for Marion Lawhorn, upon the occasion of his retirement. Lawhorn managed the mail room for more than 40 years, overseeing the change from individual plates for mailings and hand cranking of the meter machines to fully automated mailing.

In 1920 the All Students’ Club sponsored a drive for contributions for a memorial to students who had given their lives in World War I. The students were unsuccessful in raising sufficient funds for a significant memorial, but the Alumni Association took up the idea and raised $28,000 toward a memorial. The Alumni Association had … Continued

On October 17, 1934, as part of the homecoming activities, Alumni Memorial was officially dedicated. Colonel James N. Cox ’96 and General Cary F. Spence ’86 presided. Two addresses were included: the Honorable Walter Chandler ’09 spoke on “The University in Time of War” and General Harvey Hannah ’91 delivered “A Tribute to Our University … Continued

Although the formal dedication of Alumni Memorial was held as part of the 1934 Homecoming, the president of the university, James D. Hoskins (then dean of the university), gave the following speech at the first chapel meeting on October 26, 1932: We have met today for the first time in this beautiful building erected by … Continued

Tim Frost, sophomore in communications and a member of the football team, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he opened fire on a Knoxville Police Department officer assisting in quelling a brawl, which broke out January 17, 1993, at a Phi Beta Sigma dance attended by three-hundred to four-hundred people. Ten members of … Continued

Faith Promise Church hosted its inaugural service on campus in AMB 210 on Sunday, October 9, 2011.

The James R. Cox Auditorium is named for James Robert Cox, a Knoxville native and longtime UT enthusiast, although he did not attend UT. Cox, who had a twin brother, Fritz, was one of six children of Lee Cox and Margaret Metler Cox and grew up on a farm in North Knox County. He worked … Continued