George Kelley served as the second head football coach at UT in 1901, compiling a record of 3-3-2. He replaced J. A. Pierce, the initial occupant of the newly created position. Before coaching at Tennessee, he played football at Princeton.

Alexander Kelly, a Revolutionary War soldier, who was a member of the Territorial Assembly that chartered Blount College, was named in the charter of the proposed institution as one of its first trustees. He was lieutenant colonel of the Knox County Militia, a resident of Blount County, and served in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (lieutenant commander, USN), earned the MS in aviation systems at UTSI in 1996. He was the pilot aboard STS-103 Discovery (December 19–27, 1999). The Discovery’s crew successfully installed new instruments and upgraded systems on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Dr. Charles Kent served as professor of English and modern literature at UT from 1888 to 1893. Appointed by UT President Charles Dabney, he held the MA from the University of Virginia and the PhD from Leipzig. He had also studied at Dabney’s old university, Gottingen, and in Berlin. At Virginia he was a classmate … Continued

Dr. Kent joined the faculty of the university’s College of Home Economics (later Human Ecology and now within the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) in 1935 to initiate the Department of Home Economics Education. She served as head of the department from 1935 until her retirement in 1960. She was a specialist in … Continued

When Johnny Majors came back to his alma mater to be head UT football coach in 1977, he brought Pittsburgh’s head athletic trainer, Thomas J. “Tim” Kerin with him. Kerin served as UT’s head trainer from 1977 until he died of an aortic aneurysm on August 3, 1992. A memorial service was held in Neyland-Thompson … Continued

Bob Kesling, a 1977 College of Communications alumnus, became the “Voice of the Vols” following John Ward’s retirement. He had worked with and learned from Ward and had experience broadcasting Jefferson Pilot Southeastern Conference TV games and Lady Vols basketball. He had also cohosted the Vol Calls statewide call-in show and had worked as sports … Continued

Tom Key earned the baccalaureate (1973) and master’s degrees (1977) in theatre from UT. One of Atlanta’s most prominent actors, specializing in one-man shows, he wrote and acted in his first show—about C. S. Lewis—while serving as artistic director of the Birmingham Children’s Theatre. He conceived and coauthored (with Russell Treyz) Cotton Patch Gospel in … Continued

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