The marble gateway on the lawn of the old Knox County Courthouse honors the memory of John Mason Boyd, who attended the university and served on its board of trustees for more than 30 years. The gateway was erected by a group of women patients. Dr. Boyd specialized in gynecology and performed one of the … Continued
Associate Professor of Design Asher Derman worked with architecture students in 1980–82 on construction of a four-foot by six-foot Braille map, which was made of walnut, cherry, and plywood. The map was a four-level tactile with Braille headings. One level designated streets, another sidewalks, another grass, and the highest level designated buildings. Codes for entrances … Continued
Artist Lloyd Branson studied at UT and moved to New York in 1873 to study at the National Academy of Design, where he won first prize in 1875. He returned to Knoxville in 1876. After traveling abroad, he returned to Knoxville in 1878. Branson won a medal at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in … Continued
In 2009 Governor Phil Bredesen proposed creating a joint UT/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary graduate education and research and an interdisciplinary PhD program in energy sciences, which would involve up to two hundred faculty appointments and four hundred graduate assistant positions. He also proposed an initial $6 million venture capital appropriation for the center to recruit … Continued
The Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives at UT Libraries has multiple copies of this rare Bible housed in their collections. The Geneva Bible, also known as the “Breeches Bible,” was first published as a whole in 1560 and was the first to be divided into verses. It is called the Breeches Bible … Continued
In 2006 the state authorized a $24,950,000 capital project to renovate the 1959 Brehm Animal Sciences Building (113,000 square feet) on the agriculture campus and to raze and rebuild a Food Technology Building, which replaced the 1951 McLeod Hall (36,000 square feet), making an Animal Sciences and Food Sciences Complex. McLeod was razed in 2008. … Continued
C. E.Brehm was elected by the board of trustees as the 15th president of UT in 1948 after serving as acting president from 1946 to 1948. He served until 1959. Born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he was raised on a farm and earned the BS from the College of Agriculture at the Pennsylvania State University … Continued
Ground was broken January 29, 2003, for the Toby and Brenda McKenzie Athletic Center, which extends from the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center southward and which allowed for the expansion of the Robert E. White Indoor Practice Field from 70 to 100 yards. The entry floor was to include the Douglas A. Dickey Hall of Champions. The … Continued
On February 25, 2006, the UT Athletic Department recognized the David L. Howard family of Shelbyville, Tennessee, for their gift to the Step Up campaign to improve UT athletic facilities by naming the rotunda in the Brenda Lawson Athletic Center for them. It was not the first time that David and Mary Howard had made … Continued
Carson Brewer, journalist and conservationist, attended the university in 1945–46, following service in the European Theater in World War II. He joined the staff of the Knoxville News-Sentinel in 1945 and covered the federal beat, city hall, and the courthouse during his 40 years with the newspaper. In the 1950s Brewer began writing a column … Continued