1925—Coles Phillips; 1926—An unnamed committee from the Fine Arts Society of East Tennessee; 1927—An unnamed committee from the Fine Arts Society of East Tennessee; 1928—Russell Patterson; 1929—Robert Lindsay Mason and Harry Ijams; 1930—Nicholas Brewer; 1931—John Held; 1932—Clarence Brown; 1933—McClelland Barclay; 1934—James Montgomery Flagg; 1935—Not announced; 1936—Cecil B. DeMille; 1937—George B. Petty; 1938—McClelland Barclay; 1939—Tyrone Power; … Continued

In 1986 then-Governor Lamar Alexander asked Alex Haley to produce a special volume for Tennessee’s Bicentennial in 1996, to be called Tennessee. The project was announced at a 1986 luncheon at the Governor’s Mansion attended by UT President Boling, Chancellor Jack Reese, and history teachers from across Tennessee. The 10-year project was to reside at … Continued

Tennessee Business, a magazine published by the School of Business Administration, was inaugurated in January 1946 as a magazine directed toward small business problems, with some emphasis on industrial development. It featured articles by prominent businessmen throughout the state.

UT introduced the state’s medical profession and general public to X-ray technology as part of its exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, held in Nashville in 1897. (The Exposition was originally planned for 1896, but financial and construction difficulties caused a year’s delay.) William Konrad Röntgen discovered the X-Ray in 1895, and UT was granted … Continued

Tennessee Crew, UT’s coed rowing club, was first recognized as a sports club in September 1971 and is among the oldest collegiate rowing programs in the Southeast. Its first equipment consisted of two 4-person shells (one 36 years old and the other in need of major repairs) donated by Belknap College (New Hampshire—operated from 1963 … Continued

From 1920 to 1926, the UT Medical Units football team cut a path of destruction through college football—undefeated for three consecutive seasons and outscoring their opponents 500-44. The four-acre intramural field at UT Memphis was named UT Doctors Field in their honor in 1979. The Tennessee Docs wore orange and white uniforms, and a season … Continued

The 1963 Tennessee General Assembly passed into law a bill creating the Tennessee Education Loan Corporation (TELC), a nonprofit group, to obtain loans for college students needing financial assistance. The TELC entered into agreements with students and with commercial banks. Under the agreements, the students agreed to repay the bank for the loan within four … Continued

The Tennessee Electronic Atlas is an online system developed by the Geography Department that provides, through interactive mapping, information on a large variety of topics about maps (census data, demographic data, recreation, health, education). TEA also serves as a test bed for use of the Internet as a platform of Geographic Information Systems and Analysis. … Continued

In July 1976, two of an eventual three experimental structures opened on UT land along Alcoa Highway, a joint venture of UT, the Energy Research and Development Administration, TVA, and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. UT’s participation was through Tennessee Energy Conservation in Housing (TECH), a multidisciplinary effort involving the Colleges of … Continued

The Tennessee Engineer was first published in 1925 as a two-page pamphlet. It was created by the students and contained many student articles, but it also presented articles by outstanding engineers within the profession. In 1949 it awarded keys to outstanding staff members of the publication. The design of the key was a slide rule … Continued