Commander Washburn Maynard, son of Horace Maynard, commanding the gunboat Nashville, gave the order to fire the first shot of the Spanish-American War. On the morning of April 22, 1898, Maynard’s crew sighted a steamer that hoisted the Spanish colors. A Nashville gun fired a blank shot and then a live warning shot across the … Continued

The board of trustees approved a dual degree program between the Center for Health Sciences’ pharmacy program and the College of Business’s MBA program in 2011. The dual degree was designed to take five years to complete and was open both to students at the Knoxville and Memphis locations of the College of Pharmacy.

William Gibbs McAdoo, son of a UT English professor, entered the university in June 1881 with a major in Latin and scientific studies. During his time at the university, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and played bass drum in the UT band. After he graduated during the 1884-1885 academic year, he went … Continued

On June 18, 1879, John M. McBryde, graduate of South Carolina College was elected to the position of “Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture, including Botany.” At the time of his election, he was engaged in practical farming in Albemarle County, Virginia, where his experiments in the field of scientific agriculture had led to his association … Continued

Charles Joseph “Cormac” McCarthy Jr. moved to Knoxville with his family when he was four years old. Cormac is Gaelic for Charles and was used by the family to refer both to him and to his father, although he was known as Charles J. McCarthy Jr. while at UT. His father worked as a lawyer … Continued

Knoxville architect Bruce McCarty, FAIA, was named the Volunteer of the Year in 2001, both for his role in helping to establish the College of Architecture and Design and for his impact on the campus through design of buildings for the university. His first commission for UT was the 1959 Hearing and Speech Center (now … Continued

Lester McClain entered UT in 1967 and made his varsity debut as UT’s first African American varsity football player in the 1968 season opener against Georgia, in which he caught a fourth-down pass on the drive that led to UT’s tying touchdown in the 17-17 tie. Not widely recruited, he had a choice of UT, … Continued

The Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture was made possible by a bequest from the wills of Judge and Mrs. John M. Green. The wills provided that the museum, to be named for Mrs. Green’s father, would be used for “display, preservation and study of paintings, works of art, objects of natural … Continued

This long-term exhibition opened to the public on August 29, 1992, and closed on July 23, 2023. The exhibit was designed and built by UT staff. It replaced the display of the Audigier Collection.

The 2,400-pound Edmontosaurus dinosaur, not unlike the one the McClung Museum houses in its Geology and Fossil History of Tennessee exhibit, was unveiled in October 2013. It is named Monty.