In 1820 East Tennessee College reopened its doors after having been closed since the death of President Carrick in 1809 as the result of a temporary consolidation with Hampden-Sydney Academy, which had begun operation in 1817. Rev. David Sherman headed both institutions, which were housed in the original Blount College Building. The college had 19 … Continued

The closest the May 1986 official Hand Across America route, involving six million people joining hands from Los Angeles to New York City to raise funds to combat hunger came to Knoxville, was Memphis. UT decided to hold a Hands Across UT fundraising event to benefit Emergency Food Helpers, which acted as an umbrella organization … Continued

Raised on a farm in McMinn County, Franklin Haney worked his way through UT, where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, by selling Bibles for Southwestern Publishing Company. He moved to Washington, DC in 1963 to work for Senator Herbert S. Walters (D-TN). Walters agreed to hire Haney on the condition that he … Continued

All automobiles that park on campus are required to display a hangtag giving the parking lot assignment (motorcycles and convertibles are issued a window sticker). Hangtags were first issued in summer 1986 for the 1986–87 academic year. They replaced a bumper sticker system, which had become a problem because of the advent of polymer and … Continued

Dr. Hansard joined the faculty of the university’s Department of Animal Husbandry (later Animal Science) in 1946. He left the department in 1957 but rejoined it in 1968. He served as department head from 1971 to 1974 and retired in 1979. He became internationally known as a creative animal nutrition researcher. It was through his … Continued

Paul Harrill studied film and literature through the College Scholars Program of the College of Arts and Sciences, earning the BA in 1994. He earned the MFA at Temple University. He joined the UT faculty as an adjunct faculty member in 1999. As an artist in residence, he produced a film—Gina, An Actress, Age 29, … Continued

Dr. Harris joined the university’s Department of Physics in 1957 after serving as a physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory. He remained in the Physics Department until his retirement in 1994. In 1975 he was named the Benwood Foundation Distinguished Professor of Physics. He specialized in quantum field theory, statistical physics, plasma, relativity, and cosmology, … Continued

UT alumnus (1951) Haywood Harris served in the army in the Korean War after graduation and then worked for the Charlotte Observer and Knoxville Journal before joining the UT staff in 1959 as alumni office field secretary. In 1961 General Neyland appointed him sports information director—the last hire Neyland would make. Harris served from 1961 … Continued

A 1908 UT Home Economics graduate, Jessie Harris was the daughter of the pastor of Knoxville’s First Baptist Church. She had held the Lewishon Scholarship at UT in 1907–8. She also received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University (1912) and a master’s degree from Columbia in 1924. She joined the faculty of the College of … Continued

After working briefly as a reporter for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Julian Harriss joined the staff of the university in 1937 and subsequently earned the bachelor’s (1939) and master’s (1947) degrees from the university. He established a news bureau that regularly fed UT news to Tennessee’s newspapers and radio stations. He also established a speakers’ bureau … Continued