In a ceremony in the Graduate Lounge of the university center on July 16, 1981, William Carvaljal (UT student and captain in the Venezuelan National Guard) presented UT with a lithograph of Simon Bolivar as the culmination of a weeklong celebration of Venezuela’s independence. Dr. Howard Aldmon, vice chancellor of student affairs, received the lithograph … Continued

Landrum Bolling earned the BA in history from UT in 1933 and the MA from the University of Chicago in 1938. A journalist at the beginning of his career, he was a foreign correspondent with assignments in Rome, Vienna, and Berlin. He served as a war correspondent in World War II, most notably covering the … Continued

Two Molotov cocktail-type bombs—bottles containing a flammable liquid with a lighted rag inserted into the bottle opening—were thrown into the fourth floor office of Philip Scheurer, dean of student activities, in the early morning of January 16, 1980. One broke on the windowsill, and the other landed on the floor. The bombs were apparently thrown … Continued

The Frederick T. Bonham Scholarships are awarded from the Frederick T. Bonham Endowment, which was established at UT in 1978. Several prestigious four-year awards cover the cost of attendance at the institution; awards to UT Law students range in amount depending upon need; and one-year scholarships are awarded in varying amounts.

Frederick T. Bonham graduated from Knoxville High School in 1899 and worked for the Southern Railway. Before he was 21 years old, he was city passenger and ticket agent. (He was later associated with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in the traffic department.) In April 1908 he left the railroad and became assistant business manager … Continued

Bonjour was a children’s language program produced for public television by the university in the late 1980s.

Gordon Bonnyman earned the baccalaureate degree from Princeton. He earned his law degree from UT in 1972. He began working for Legal Services in 1973 and represented low-income individuals on a wide variety of civil matters. In 1995 he and Michelle Johnson (UT Law, 1994) founded the Tennessee Justice Center, a nonprofit public interest law … Continued