The board of trustees passed a policy restricting the campus, buildings, and other facilities to students, faculty, and guests on June 18, 1970. In September, Chancellor Weaver and others developed and publicized a regulation requiring all students, faculty and staff to provide acceptable identification whenever requested to do so by Safety and Security (now UT … Continued

Ground was broken on April 3, 1976, for the College of Veterinary Medicine Building, with Governor Ray Blanton as the principal speaker. The building was occupied in September 1978. The board of trustees approved its name at its June 1980 meeting, and it was dedicated as the Clyde M. York Veterinary Medicine Building in October … Continued

In 1981 UT College of Veterinary Medicine professors Dr. Dennis Geiser and Dr. Dallas Goble responded to a call for proposals from Anheuser Busch, and UT became the consultant for the Budweiser Clydesdales national herd health program. The two faculty members devised a program of twice-yearly physicals and a schedule of routine care. There are … Continued

UT awarded a three-year contract to Atlantic Soft Drink Company for vending Pepsi Cola products on campus effective August 1985. The request for proposals issued as part of the bidding process resulted in the Pepsi vendor’s offering UT 38.65 percent of gross sales, while Roddy Manufacturing Company offered 32 percent to continue its installation of … Continued

William Cocke served as captain in the American Revolution and as one of the Overmountain Men under Colonel John Sevier in the 1780 American victory over British Colonel Ferguson at the Battle of King’s Mountain. Cocke also saw action at the battles of Long Island Flats and Fort Thicketty. He served as one of Tennessee’s … Continued

In spring 1974 the general assembly passed a bill prohibiting unmarried male and female students from living in the same residence hall in state-chartered institutions. Governor Dunn vetoed the bill. A legislative committee representing the Tennessee House and Senate was appointed to study housing programs through the year. UT had coed dormitories, with men and … Continued

Female students attended UT in 1804–7, when the institution was Blount College. The ages of the five women listed as enrolled suggest that they, like the majority of the men enrolled, were taking subcollegiate classes. After admitting America’s first coeds, women were not officially readmitted to the university until 1893. In 1880 Judge Oliver P. … Continued

When administrators began moving into Andy Holt Tower in 1973—a building designed to have a cafeteria but lacking one due to the economic necessity of cutting two stories from the structure to come within the budget—a small food facility was opened on the first floor of the Student Services Building to serve employees in both … Continued

In 1975 internationally known wildlife artist Guy Coheleach (pronounced CO-lee-ack) donated five hundred black-bear-cub prints to establish a scholarship fund for students majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In 1986 he donated six hundred more prints to be sold to benefit the endowment and has made … Continued