On June 19, 1969, the UT trustees adopted a final resolution of merger and on July 1, 1969, the University of Chattanooga became a primary campus of the University of Tennessee, as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Founded in 1886 by the Methodist Episcopal Church as Chattanooga University, it merged with Grant Memorial University … Continued

In 1900 the institution now known as the University of Tennessee at Martin was founded by the Baptists of Martin and the Beulah Association of Northwest Tennessee to give religious and denominational training to the young people of the region. The school was named for two prominent Baptist ministers, J. N. Hall and J. B. … Continued

During World War II, Professor Nathan Dougherty of the College of Engineering assembled a faculty in Nashville to conduct noncredit courses to prepare workers for war-related occupations. At the war’s conclusion, Dougherty urged F. C. Lowery, director of University Extension, to convert the program into a continuing peacetime activity. Lowery organized the Nashville Center, which … Continued

The campus of the University of Tennessee at Nashville was a 3.7 acre site in the Capitol Hill redevelopment area, with a single $5.5 million facility. The building featured two stories on the front and four in the rear with an interior court. It had 194,000 square feet of floor space divided into 10 laboratories, … Continued

The Tennessee Theatre was the site of the premiere of the UT movie The University of Tennessee at Work on January 27, 1941, at 9:00 p.m. The film was shown as a short subject with the feature “Little Nellie Kelly,” starring Judy Garland. The plot involved a visit to campus by a father of a … Continued

See College of Dentistry; College of Medicine; College of Pharmacy; University of Tennessee Medical Center.

The UT Medical Center opened in 1956 as the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital. Its name was changed to the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences-Knoxville in 1975 and to the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville in 1986. It is composed of two parts: University Memorial Hospital and … Continued

In March 1949 E. B. Bowles and Hugh Callaway, state senators, and Walter P. Haynes, house speaker, introduced legislation to build the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital and Research Center. The legislation stipulated that the center was to be a memorial to the men and women of Tennessee engaged in military service in World War … Continued

Students in the Knoxville General Hospital’s School of Nursing transferred to the new UT Memorial Hospital location in 1956. In fall 1957 the last transfer class graduated and the first class was admitted to the UT Hospital School of Nursing. The same year, $312,000 in Hill Burton funds was received toward construction of the estimated … Continued