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Cormac McCarthy, novelist who attended University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1951–1952 and 1957–1960; won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for The Road [150] Bernadotte E. Schmitt, earned a bachelor of arts at the University of Tennessee in 1902, won a Pulitzer in History in 1931 for his book The Coming of the War, 1914 (1930) [151]
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1967-1968 Charles Bone Vanderbilt University 1968-1969 Jonah Gray East Tennessee State University 1969-1970 George DeJarnatt Vanderbilt University 1970-1971 Chad McCullough Tennessee Technological University 1971-1972 Frank Clement Jr. The University of Memphis 1972-1973 David Fleming
After the passage of the UT FOCUS Act in 2018, the board is made up of 12 trustees. These trustees include one ex officio voting member, the Commissioner of Agriculture, 10 voting members appointed by the Governor, and a single non-voting student member appointed by the board as a whole. One of the board's committees includes a single faculty ...
Nine of its alumni have been selected as Rhodes Scholars and one alumnus, James M. Buchanan, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer of Fulbright scholars . [ 13 ] UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the Eastern Continental Divide .
The Tennessee Volunteers men's track and field program began in 1901 and first started intercollegiate competition in 1909 when the SIAA was formed. Records before the 1921 season were not kept, and are therefore incomplete.
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee, United States: Nickname(s) Tennessee Volunteers Tri-Star Wing [3] Colors: UT Orange & White [4] Mascot(s) Smokey: Decorations: Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2x) [5] [6] Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (6x) [6] Website: afrotc.utk.edu: Commanders; Current commander: Lt Col Damien ...
The band grew along with the military units on campus. By 1935, the band boasted 85 members, but remained all male due to the band’s continued association with the Military Department. In 1937, an all-female contingent called the "Volettes" began performing with the band. Its membership ranged from 50 to 90. The 1940s brought women into the band.
Tennessee's orange and white colors were selected by Charles Moore, a member of the first football team in 1891. They were later approved by a student body vote. The colors were chosen because of the common American daisy which grew on The Hill, an area of campus surrounding UT's most notable building, Ayres Hall.