In 1974 the Athletic Department installed an inflated indoor practice dome on the site of the former Varsity Tennis Courts (where Neyland-Thompson Football facility is today). The structure quickly became referred to as the Bubble. It was erected at a cost of approximately $200,000. Two-fifths of the 251-foot by 118-foot structure was devoted to two, … Continued

Dr. Buchanan received the MA from UT in 1941 after receiving the bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State Teachers’ College (now MTSU). After receiving the PhD from the University of Chicago in 1948, he joined the UT faculty as associate professor of economics. He left UT in 1951 to accept the headship of the Department … Continued

T. Nash Buckingham was born in Memphis and attended Memphis University School. He began his collegiate career at Harvard, where heavyweight-boxing champion James J. Corbett assisted him in developing his boxing skills. Following an attack of malaria, Buckingham returned to Tennessee and entered UT. He played football in 1901 and 1902. He was captain of … Continued

In March 1996 the effect of decreased graduate enrollment and of a survey conducted as part of the performance funding initiative soliciting the opinions of recent graduates resulted in Tennessee Higher Education Commission recommending a cut of $4.1 million in its state appropriation. Governor Sundquist reduced THEC’s recommendation to $3.2 million. In addition, the governor’s … Continued

Governor Sundquist’s budget proposal for higher education for the 1997–98 year included a cut of $40 million and a $6.4 million cut for UT Knoxville. The total reduction, when fixed cost increases were added, amounted to a 6.6 percent decrease of $9.8 million. The budget cut for academic affairs totaled $7,151,464. The only academic program … Continued

In March 2003 Governor Phil Bredesen announced a 9 percent reduction in state funding for UT, amounting to $38 million for the UT system as a whole. The cut for UT Knoxville was $15 million. The cuts were in addition to cuts prior to July 1 to offset a $780 million deficit in the state budget. … Continued

In February 2004 Governor Phil Bredesen’s State of the State and budget message called for a reduction of 5 percent in UT’s state allocation. Finally, the state provided around $1 million less to UT than in 2003, but a mandated 2 percent across-the-board pay raise and increases in fixed costs required $12 million to fund. … Continued

Projected falling state revenues in the economic downturn prompted the state to require major budget cuts in Tennessee higher education institutions. The UT Board of Trustees enacted a system-wide $21.2 million budget cut in June, with an $11.1 million funding cut from the Knoxville campus. Of the initial cut, $6.7 million was to be absorbed … Continued

President John Petersen announced in an e-mail on December 18, 2008, that he and his executive staff would take a voluntary 5 percent pay cut effective January 1, 2009, which would save $436,000, and that they would also relinquish their university vehicles. The cuts included the pay of chancellors and the directors of men’s and … Continued

Interim President Jan Simek issued a webcast on March 24 in which he confirmed that Governor Bredesen’s budget for 2010–11 would use the federal stimulus package to assist higher education during a time of crisis. He announced that the governor’s budget called for reestablishing the 2008 budget levels for UT and that the stimulus funding … Continued