Donald Joseph Tyndall was hired by Athletics Director Dave Hart in April 2014 as UT’s head basketball coach, replacing Cuonzo Martin. Hart conducted the search without the assistance of a search firm, relying on his extensive knowledge and contacts to identify potential candidates. Tyndall had served as the head coach at Southern Mississippi for two … Continued
This elegant mansion was once the home of General Lawrence Davis Tyson, who served as the university’s professor of military science (1891–95). General Tyson was a lawyer (law degree from UT, 1894), the military governor of Puerto Rico following the Spanish American War, Knoxville’s US representative, and a US senator from Tennessee. He was married … Continued
In August 1986 the board of trustees amended UT’s land acquisition plan to make it possible for UT to buy Tyson Junior High School, which had been declared surplus property by the City of Knoxville and was not in use following the end of the 1986 school year. In October 1986 UT offered the City … Continued
In 1946 veterans returning to college on the GI Bill needed housing for themselves and their families and needed it immediately. UT responded by providing trailers on the Hill, the agriculture campus, and barracks at Sutherland Village. Some veterans had trailers, however, and there was no place to park them. The owner of 1313 West … Continued
In September 1891 Lieutenant Lawrence D. Tyson, a West Point graduate, replaced Lieutenant Edward D. Gayle (detailed to the university in 1888) as professor of military science and tactics. Tyson’s assignment to the university had been pressed by his father-in-law, Colonel Charles McGhee, whose daughter (Bettie) had married Tyson in Knoxville in 1886. Tyson introduced … Continued
A student publication of the Agricultural Club, the U. T. Farmer, began publication in 1906. Its name was changed to the Tennessee Farmer in 1920. There were approximately two thousand subscribers when it ceased publication in 1967.
The US Congress established the Udall Foundation as an independent executive branch agency in 1992 to honor Morris K. Udall’s 30 years of service in the US House of Representatives. In 2009 Congress enacted legislation to honor Stewart L. Udall and to add his name to the foundation. It is now known as the Morris … Continued
The Ultimate Frisbee Club (nicknamed “Agent Orange” by members) was established in 1997. It followed the previous Frisbee Club, which became defunct in the late 1980s. Ultimate Frisbee is a noncontact sport played on a 70-by-30-foot field. Each team’s goal is to run the disc into the end zone by passing it to teammates. UT’s … Continued
The Undergraduate Academic Council is one of the four coequal legislative bodies of the Student Government Association. It represents the student body in matters relating to the academic concerns of undergraduate students. The council deals with specified academic grievances and general policies of the university. The Undergraduate Academic Council is composed of members from each … Continued
Shirley Baumgardner earned the baccalaureate degree in political science and economics from UT in 1943 and the bachelor of law degree in 1948. As an undergraduate, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and served on the staff of Carnicus and the Volunteer. As a law student, she was a member of the … Continued