In 1999 Dean of Architecture and Design Marleen Davis and developer David Dewhirst came to an agreement through which Dewhirst provided, at no cost to the College of Architecture and Design, ground floor space to create a downtown studio in a former department store building at 19 Market Square. The original proposal developed by the … Continued

The university leased the Jewel, a building at 525 N. Gay Street, to be used as a design studio and fabrication facility in March 2014. The art-deco storefront of the building became studio and exhibit space for architecture and design students, with two floors of industrial space in the back replacing space formerly rented in … Continued

Area codes are part of the North American Numbering Plan, an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories created and installed by AT&T in 1947. Only long-distance operators first used the three-digit area codes; the first customer-dialed calls using area codes occurred in 1951. Originally, there were 86 area codes, with the areas … Continued

The Arena Dining facility began serving the public on July 25, 1989. A grand opening was held on September 7, 1989. There are three private dining rooms. A dining area was included in the original plans for the arena but was removed to decrease costs. Arena Dining was created after the arena construction was completed. … Continued

As part of the celebration of its 30th anniversary, the College of Veterinary Medicine Complex was named the W. W. Armistead Veterinary Teaching Hospital on August 15, 2004. The name was changed to W. W. Armistead Veterinary Medical Center on July 1, 2010. Armistead was central to the creation of the college. As a consultant … Continued

The shortage of on-campus space following World War II caused Army and Air Force ROTC units to relocate from the section of the stadium built for their use to temporary barracks. Government inspectors became highly critical of the arrangements in the late 1940s, indicating that the facilities had “met only minimum standards,” and the Air … Continued

The Arnold Air Society is a national honorary organization whose chapters are composed of outstanding Air Force ROTC students. It was organized at the University of Cincinnati in 1947 and was recognized by the Air Force the next year. It was named for General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Corps … Continued

In 1964 Clayton Arnold, a farmer and rural mail carrier in Williamson County, who had retired in 1961 at the age of 70, entered into a life-income agreement with UT to receive the interest from the tidy fortune the thrifty bachelor had accumulated. The principal would go to establish scholarships in the College of Education … Continued

Kathryn Arnold graduated in nutrition in 1978. Upon graduation, she worked as chief dietician at a Knoxville recovery center. In 1977 she and a friend opened Knoxville’s first vegetarian restaurant, which closed after three years. She then studied journalism in Southern California and landed a job with Working Women magazine. From that post, she went … Continued

Located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Arrowmont is the remaining legacy of the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School. The Pi Beta Phi Women’s Fraternity established it in 1912 (after an enthusiastic endorsement in 1910) and with emphasis on education, manual arts instruction, and health care. The sorority focused the manual arts program on the revival of traditional … Continued