Dr. Wolf joined the faculty of the university’s Department of Economics in 1958. He was a specialist in industrial organization and government-business relations. In addition to being the coauthor of Industrial Organization and Public Policy (1971), he published articles in professional journals and contributed chapters to scholarly works. He was a consultant to the Federal … Continued

Comedian Carl Wolfson (BS in communications, 1975) got his start at Clement Hall in 1974 when he won $5 for a comic impression of Knoxville grocer and politician Cas Walker in the Clement Hall talent show. He was news editor for the Daily Beacon. After graduation, he worked in Nashville, and then moved to Los … Continued

Debby Jennings, the women’s intercollegiate athletics media relations officer for 35 years, filed suit in federal district court in September 2012 against UT and Dave Hart, vice chancellor and director of athletics, alleging gender discrimination and retaliation. According to court filings, Jennings, who had coauthored two books on basketball and authored The University of Tennessee … Continued

In February 2010 Jenny Moshak, associate athletic director for women’s sports medicine; Heather Mason, assistant athletic director for women’s strength and conditioning; and Colin Schlosser, associate director for women’s strength and conditioning, filed a complaint with the university, alleging that they were not being properly compensated when compared to employees of similar standing in the … Continued

The Women’s Center opened in 1976 to serve as a clearinghouse for women’s issues and to provide service and assistance related to them. Located in the Carolyn P. Brown University Center, the center housed a library and maintained a list of referral sources for women’s issues. The center was designed to serve as a base … Continued

In spring 1972 the Women’s Equity Action League filed a complaint of sex discrimination against UT with the federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The charges were based on statistics concerning the employment of women in 1971. Some of the statistics cited include the following: 14.6 percent of the full-time faculty were women, but … Continued

Women’s History Month has been celebrated at UT since 2005 under the leadership of the Women’s Coordinating Council and, more recently, the Ready for the World effort. The month traces its roots to the first International Women’s Day in 1911. In 1981 US Senator Orrin Hatch and US Representative Barbara Mikulski cosponsored the first Joint … Continued

The Department of Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics was formed in July 1976 as a unit within the Division of Student Affairs. It subsequently reported to the chancellor and ceased to exist with the appointment of Dave Hart as vice chancellor and athletics director in September 2011, as the men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletics programs were combined … Continued

The Women’s League was formed in 1893 (its constitution was published in 1895) following readmission of women to the university.

UT’s Women’s Mentoring Network began in the spring semester 2009 with a grant from the UT Alliance of Women Philanthropists. The program matches students and female UT administrators and is designed to encourage the leadership development of young women on campus. It is a program of the Division of Student Life.