The UT Rifle Club was organized on October 17, 1916, as a branch club of the National Rifle Association. An indoor shooting gallery was established on the third floor of West College for use by the popular club. The rifle range was moved to the gun room in Reese Hall following the razing of West … Continued

In 1952 the UT Rifle Team (part of the minor sports program of the university sponsored by the Athletics Department and coached by UT’s ROTC Military Detachment) won the Camp Perry Grand National Indoor Rifle Meet at Boonville, Maryland, for the third consecutive time. This was the first time a team had won three years … Continued

In 1929 the Tennessee Legislature passed a bill (Senate Bill 230) that gave the trustees the right to condemn property for internal improvements, as long as the property was adjacent to the existing university.

Maude Riseden from Wartburg, the daughter of the first judge of Morgan County, was the first female admitted to the UT College of Law, in 1907. She earned her way through college by stenographic work and was the honor student of her class throughout, becoming the first female graduate in 1909. She was the first … Continued

The Risk Management Office was established in fall 1984. Murray C. Edge, formerly the risk manager for the University of Illinois in Chicago, was named its first head.

Named in the 1794 Charter of Blount College as one of the college’s trustees, Archibald Roane was appointed by William Blount as attorney general for the Washington District of the Territory, and served as a delegate from Jefferson County to the Tennessee constitutional convention. He became one of the first three judges of the Superior … Continued

Jessie Hill Roberson earned the BS in nuclear engineering in 1981. While earning her degree, she served as a student engineer for Westinghouse at the Clinch River Breeder Reactor in Oak Ridge and the Nuclear Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. She worked for E. I. Dupont from 1982 to 1987 in nuclear reactor operations and as … Continued

Trish Roberts began her collegiate basketball career at North Georgia State College, where she played for one season before transferring to Emporia State College (Kansas). She was a member of the 1976 US Olympic basketball team that won the silver medal, playing with Pat Summitt. Roberts transferred to UT for her last season of eligibility … Continued

Kathryn Robinson, former ambassador to Ghana, was appointed to the post by President Clinton in 1998 and served until September 2001. From Dayton, Tennessee, she earned the bachelor’s degree from UT in 1972. She was a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. Her initial foreign-service posting was to the US Consulate … Continued

In winter 1961 Theotis Robinson Jr. was one of the first three undergraduates to attend UT. Robinson, whose father was an employee of UT, applied in July 1960 and was not admitted because of his race. He and his father then met with UT President Dr. Andy Holt, insisting that he be admitted, under threat … Continued