C. T. Carden, a 1950 College of Law graduate, designated money earned from an oil well in Louisiana to be paid to the UT College of Law, the Department of Geological Sciences (now Earth and Planetary Sciences), and humanities programs in 1981. The anticipated total donation was estimated at close to $1 million.

Completed in 1828, Old College was the first building on the Hill, built at a cost of $13,000. Its design was advanced by John Mason, whose great granddaughter, Mary Fleming Meek, wrote the UT “Alma Mater.” The builder was Thomas Crutchfield. It was a two-story, 10-room building, 65 feet by 50 feet, topped by a … Continued

At the spring 2000 commencement, artist Elizabeth Eichelbaum (1910–2003) earned the doctorate degree in education from UT at age 90. Her dissertation was “The Use of Art Therapy to Deal with Low Self-Esteem among the Aged.” She completed her degree despite suffering from macular degeneration, which left her almost blind and caused her to rely … Continued

The Oldham Scholarships were created in 1999 (for fall 2000) through a generous gift from Mr. And Mrs. Dortch Oldham of Nashville. Dortch Oldham was a publishing and marketing entrepreneur and president of Southwest Publishing Company. He served as commissioner general for the United States at the 1982 World’s Fair and as a member of … Continued

In 1910 the UT trustees accepted an offer of $5,000 from the East Tennessee Farmers Convention to erect a convention hall on the agricultural campus. Temple’s daughter, Mary Boyce Temple, also contributed $1,000 toward the construction of the building (and in 1919 gave $25,000 for the establishment of the Oliver P. Temple Foundation to purchase … Continued

On May 29, 1984, approximately 3,500 people gathered around the Volunteer Statue in Circle Park to participate in the Torch-Run Rally and to witness the passing of the Olympic flame as it made its way from New York to Los Angeles, traversing 33 states and covering some nine thousand miles. UT was selected as a … Continued

In 1984 nine Pride of the Southland Band members were chosen to march and play with the six-hundred-member Olympic All-American Band. They performed at the opening ceremonies and then as part of smaller units that played at individual events. The number of band members selected from UT was very high—generally, only one representative from a … Continued

A computer system developed at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory provided state-of-the-art security information for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The “Police Command and Control System” was developed in conjunction with the Atlanta Police Department by ORNL, the UT Energy, Environment and Resources Center (EERC), and the UT Transportation Research Center. A UT support team … Continued

In 1996 the Olympic canoe and kayak-slalom competition of the Atlanta games was held in Tennessee on the Ocoee River. UT Medical Center’s aeromedical service was asked by federal and state agencies to provide helicopter emergency services during the event. One of the LIFESTAR helicopters was stationed at Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah, Tennessee, during … Continued