In 1948 UT purchased Laurel Heights Apartments. In 1966 the university sold the land and building to Mathias and Gerson Bush as part of a memorandum of an agreement that the pair would construct a new, larger apartment building for married students that UT would lease back and that would become the property of UT … Continued

Chia-In Hong, a graduate student in accounting, leapt to his death from his 14th-floor apartment in July 2003. A Singapore native, he had lived in the United States for seven years and had earned a bachelor’s degree in cellular and molecular biology. He and his wife had one child.

In 1948 UT purchased the Laurel Heights Apartments to help in relieving the postwar faculty housing shortage. There were 23 apartments in the facility. In spring quarter 1949, four of the apartments were designated for occupancy by female graduate students, with additional apartments to be occupied by female students if the experiment in apartment-style living … Continued

Hank Lauricella played as a single-wing tailback from 1949 to 1951, graduating in 1952 with a major in finance. He was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Princeton’s Dick Kazmaier. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 17th round (number 202) and played one season as halfback for the Dallas Texans. In 1951, … Continued

The Law Complex consists of the George C. Taylor Building, completed in April 1950 and renovated at the same time a library and classroom addition was made. Ground was broken for the renovation and addition project on September 17, 1994, and the Law Complex was formally dedicated on September 12–13, 1997, although the facility was … Continued

Established in 1999 as a component of the Institute for Public Service, this center acts as an umbrella for training in ways to integrate technology into law enforcement.

In 1958 the College of Law added the LSAT to the three years of college work already required for admission to UT law school. The test was not used to screen applicants on a uniform basis, but was used primarily to evaluate the likelihood of success in law school of students who had been admitted … Continued

In 1980 Brenda Lawson of Cleveland, Tennessee, was part of a team that developed and operated Rental World, a rent-to-own company. In 1987 she and her husband Steve (Toby) McKenzie started their own rent-to-own store chain, which grew to 46 stores. They sold the chain for $13 million seven years later and started another chain … Continued

Kara Lawson entered UT in 1999 already an All-American, having been named a WBCA All-American, and having participated in the WBCA High School All-America game, where she scored 20 points and was named most valuable player. She had an outstanding basketball career, receiving the Frances Pomery Naismith Award from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association as … Continued

Albert Lea attended East Tennessee College from 1821 to 1823 but dropped out for financial reasons. He farmed and clerked in a country store until Hugh Lawson White, then a Tennessee congressman, appointed him to West Point in 1827. He graduated from West Point in 1831 and was assigned by the army to scientific and … Continued