Twenty-four-year-old UT alumnus Andrew K. Stern was killed in action under hostile enemy fire in the Anbar Province of Iraq on September 16, 2004. He was from Germantown, Tennessee. A Marine First Lieutenant assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary, Marine Corps Air Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, he … Continued

Professor Stevens joined the faculty of the Department of Art in 1957. Working in oils, watercolors, and acrylics, his art ranged from impressionistic to abstract landscapes, most of which were inspired by Tennessee and Maine scenery. His work is represented in private collections and in 18 public museums, as well as in major corporate collections. … Continued

The first Steward’s House, built in 1835, was completely destroyed in the Civil War, during federal occupancy of the house. Following the war, the West Dwelling House was rented to M. W. Janney and the East Dwelling House to A. K. Foster, with the understanding that the two men would board students with “wholesome fare” … Continued

In 1966, when UT acquired its first 20-passenger plane, UT also employed a stewardess and had employed a second stewardess by 1969. Employed were Jerry Nelson, a former Piedmont Airlines stewardess and wife of a Piedmont pilot, and Nancy Huskey, a former American Airlines stewardess who worked part time around her job as a dental … Continued

Mel Stewart entered the university in 1985, following his swimming coach, John Trembley, from Mercersburg Academy to UT as a member of the swimming team. Stewart took fifth at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and, four years later, won two golds at the 1992 Barcelona Games—in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4×100-meter medley relay—and a … Continued

The cornerstone for the Stokely Athletics Center, which would expand the Armory-Fieldhouse, was laid on May 7, 1966. The facility was placed into service for the 1966–67 basketball season, with the first game being December 1, 1966, against Michigan (Tennessee 72, Michigan 54), when a less-than-capacity crowd was allowed to view the game because both … Continued

A Stokely Athletics Center basketball scoring record of 51 points was set by Lady Vol Patricia Roberts on November 13, 1976, in the 107-53 win over Kentucky. This was the first game the Lady Vols played in Stokely Athletics Center. All previous games had been in Alumni Memorial Building.

The James R. Stokely Institute for Liberal Arts Education was established in 1982. The idea of Wilma Dykeman Stokely, it commemorated her late husband, James R. Stokely Jr. The first (of nine) Stokely Fellows summer programs for K–12 teachers—a five-week, on-campus graduate program—was held in 1983 with 20 participants from a 35-county area of Kentucky, … Continued

The Stokely Management Center (nicknamed the “Spam Can” by students) is a glass, steel, and concrete ovoid tower on Volunteer Boulevard, adjacent to the James Haslam II Business Administration Building. In October 1970 UT launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to expand the College of Business and start a new program to train business executives. The announcement … Continued

Three individuals named William B. Stokely have been important in shaping a variety of programs and facilities of UT. William B. Stokely Sr. graduated from UT in 1895 and is credited with bringing football back to Tennessee. After dismal records in 1891, 1892, and 1893, the Athletics Association cancelled football to concentrate on baseball. Stokely … Continued