Wheel locks replaced towing on campus streets in July 2013.

Otto Wheeley earned the bachelor of science in chemical engineering in 1943, after which he began a career at Koppers Company Inc., leaving it as its deputy chairman in 1984. At Koppers he also served as a development troubleshooter; district manager; sales manager; marketing manager and vice president; and senior vice president for marketing, long-range … Continued

The intramural office offered whiffle ball as a team sport in summer 1986. Twelve teams participated.

Rhodes Scholar Arthur Whitaker received the BA from UT in 1916, having served as editor of both the school newspaper and the yearbook. He was a member of the tennis team and the debating squad and president of Chi Delta. He entered Harvard in 1916 and received the MA in 1917. He was named a … Continued

In order to have sufficient land to construct the major science facility between Hoskins Library and the Jessie Harris Building, three houses on White Avenue had to be acquired and removed. This requirement was first included in UT’s 1994 Master Plan, but an error deleted the notation from a subsequent update. Knox Heritage asserted that … Continued

Dr. White joined the faculty of the university’s Department of Economics in 1928 and retired in 1965. He was an expert on economics and public finance. He founded the university’s Center for Business and Economic Research in 1937 and headed the center until his retirement. He served as head of the Department of Finance (1957–65) … Continued

Named as a college trustee in the 1794 charter establishing Blount College, James White purchased four thousand acres in what is now Knox County and, with James Cowan and others, established a fort (White’s Station) in 1786. Five years later, he laid out a town that eventually became downtown Knoxville. A member of Samuel Carrick’s … Continued

Jon Ewbank Manchip White wrote and edited stories for the BBC, served in the British Foreign Service, wrote screenplays, and was writer in residence at the University of Texas, El Paso. He joined the faculty of the university’s English Department in 1977 and was immediately made a Lindsey Young Professor, a position he held until … Continued

Defensive tackle on the UT football team from 1980 to 1983 and captain of the 1983 team, Reggie White was inducted into the National Football Foundation’s Hall of Fame, Division 1-A in 2002, the 18th Tennessee Vol to be inducted. A minister, he earned the nickname “Minister of Defense” while playing at Tennessee. He was … Continued

Robert Whitford received the BS in 1940. A flying cadet in the army air corps, he died in a crash at Hicks Field, Texas, on May 12, 1941, almost seven months before the United States entered World War II. An auxiliary flying field at Hicks was named in his memory. Hicks Field was deactivated in … Continued