The first known dismantling of the goal posts at Shields-Watkins Field followed the November 1935 Vanderbilt victory over UT (13-7) when the four-inch, iron-pipe goal posts, embedded in concrete, were snapped off by Commodore fans who surged onto the field following the game. On November 8, 1958, when the University of Chattanooga (later, UT at … Continued

In 1964, shortly before the first spade of dirt was turned for construction of the UT Space Institute, Dr. B. H. Goethert was named its first director.  Goethert, a German-born scientist who became a naturalized US citizen in 1954, earned the BS in mechanical engineering in 1930 from the Technical University of Hanover (Germany); the … Continued

See Cotton States and Exposition Gold Medal (1895); Paris Exposition Gold Medals (1900); Tennessee Centennial Exposition Gold Medal (1897).

Golden Grads are alumni of classes at least 50 years past. The first Golden Grads Reunion was held at the June 1930 commencement. Nine graduates of the class of 1890 (all but one of the living alumni of the original class of 18) returned for ceremonies, including the wearing of caps and gowns at commencement. … Continued

The Class Bequest Program began in 1975 with the 50th anniversary Gold Grads Reunion of the Class of 1925. The “scroll of benefactors” annually lists those members of the Golden Grad class who have included UT in their estate plans.

The UT chapter of the Golden Key International Honor Society initiated its first members on February 28, 1980. The society was founded in 1977 at Georgia State University. Golden Key recognizes students solely on the basis of their academic achievement, and its membership is restricted to the top 15 percent of college juniors and seniors.

UT students have received Goldwater Scholarships at least since 2005 when Troy Alexander Perkins, Emily Reagan Pritchard, and Brini Jantha Ratliff were recipients. Congress established the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education program in 1986 in honor of former US Senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona. It annually … Continued

The university has both men’s and women’s intercollegiate golf teams. UT briefly fielded a coed team in NCAA competition in 1964 and 1965, with Ann Baker Furrow receiving an athletic scholarship and serving as a member of the team. After World War I, interest in golf grew, and in 1922 a UT Golf Club for … Continued

In 1991 Joan Cronan and Ann Baker Furrow (the only women to receive a UT men’s athletic scholarship and to play on a men’s varsity team [golf]) began the task of gathering the funding and support for establishment of a Women’s Intercollegiate Golf Team for 1992. The first women’s golf scholarship recipient, Angie Boyd (Keck), … Continued

The Mack and Jonnie Day Golf Practice Facility at the southern tip of the Cherokee Farm was dedicated November 12, 2010. It was constructed in association with the Greg Norman Design Group. A substantial portion of the area is within a TVA easement and is not usable as building sites, and a portion is located … Continued