Students living in Reese, Humes, Carrick North, and Carrick South were required to purchase a meal plan for meals at the Presidential Court when the dining facilities opened in fall 1967. The cost of the room and board (20 meals) plan for the academic year was $885. A proposal to require all students to purchase … Continued

Ramon Asa Mears was born in Dover, Ohio. He played basketball at Cadiz High School until he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in his sophomore year. With the disease in remission, he played his junior and senior years at Cadiz. Upon graduating from high school, he worked six 12-hour days a week in the steel mills … Continued

In 1888 the Mechanical Building replaced a small workshop to the west of the crest of the Hill where Hesler Biology Building presently stands. When the new Mechanical Building (Estabrook Hall) was built in 1898, the 1888 building was renamed Reese Hall, renovated as a dormitory, and rented to fraternities. In later years it was … Continued

The medical technology curriculum involves three years of study in the College of Arts and Sciences plus 12 months of practical and didactic training in clinical laboratory sciences at UT Medical Center in Knoxville. The Department of Pathology and the Dynacare-Tennessee Laboratories at the UT Medical Center are the home of the Medical Technology Program. … Continued

The winner of the 1928 competition to compose original music and original words for the university alma mater was a singer, composer, and poetess. Mary Meek was born in Knoxville and attended Knoxville schools and Mary Washington College in Abingdon. She also attended the Summer School of the South at UT. A soprano, she showed … Continued

In 1968 the Edward J. Meeman Foundation made separate awards of $200,000 and $30,000 to UT to foster improvements in journalism. The income from the larger grant was to establish two salary supplements for professors who would be known as Distinguished Edward J. Meeman Professors and provide for two Edward J. Meeman Graduate Fellowships in … Continued

The streets (Melrose and Melrose Place) take their names from Melrose, an estate of two hundred acres and a mansion. The house was built by James J. Craig in 1858 and named Lucknow, in honor of the defense of the Indian town by the British during the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857. Craig never lived in … Continued

Construction began on Melrose Hall in 1946, and the building opened in 1948. It was the first men’s dormitory on the Knoxville campus paid for by the state. It was designed to house 358 men in 162 single and 98 double rooms. Its cost exceeded $1 million. The architect was Barber and McMurry, and the … Continued

Two UT sophomores were arrested and charged with felonies for manufacturing the hallucinogenic drug dimethyltryptamine in two rooms in Melrose Hall following a raid on their rooms on December 1, 2007. They were also charged with misdemeanors for possession of marijuana. The pair was arrested in Vonore for possession of drugs, and they admitted to … Continued