Walter Tillman Pulliam

Walter Pulliam earned the baccalaureate degree from UT in 1936, having served as editor of the Orange and White. He had a distinguished career in print journalism, starting with a stint as correspondent for the Mediterranean Stars and Stripes during World War II. He worked for the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Washington Post before purchasing the Harriman Record, a weekly newspaper that he turned into a daily. He was the recipient of many awards, among them the Tennessee Press Association’s award for service to the newspaper profession. He served as president of the East Tennessee Historical Society and, for 25 years, served as a member of the Tennessee Historical Commission. A Rotarian, he authored the Knoxville Rotary Club’s 75th anniversary history. He also authored the centennial history of Knoxville’s Cherokee Country Club in 2007 and The Town Temperance Built, a coffee-table history of Harriman.