List of University of Tennessee people
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The following is a list of people associated with the University of Tennessee system in all its campuses. The list does not include personnel associated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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[edit] Politics and law
- Ali Abu al-Ragheb, former Jordanian Prime Minister
- Lamar Alexander, former Tennessee Governor, UT President and current US Senator
- John Justin Armitage, diplomat[1]
- Victor Ashe, U.S. ambassador to Poland, former mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, member of House of Representatives
- Richard W. Austin, member of House of Representatives
- Brett Carter, U.S. House of Representatives Candidate
- Howard Baker, Ambassador and former Senate Majority Leader
- Howard Baker, Sr., member of House of Representatives
- William M. Barker, Chief Justice to Tennessee Supreme Court
- George White Baxter, Governor of Wyoming territory
- Marion Speed Boyd, former U.S. district and Chief judge for Tennessee
- John Lafayette Camp, politician and Civil War veteran
- Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Senator
- Walter Chandler, former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Philander Priestly Claxton Jr., alumnus '34; U.S. State Department official; president of the World Population Society from 1975 to 1985 [1]
- Clement Comer Clay, former Governor of Alabama
- Bob Corker, former mayor of Chattanooga, U.S. Senator
- John Hervey Crozier, member of House of Representatives
- Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., former White House Counsel
- Lincoln Davis, member of House of Representatives
- Jim DeMint, South Carolina U.S. Senator
- Lurita Doan, current Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration
- John Duncan, Sr., member of House of Representative
- Jimmy Duncan, member of House of Representatives
- Winfield Dunn, former Governor of Tennessee
- James B. Frazier, former Governor of Tennessee and U.S. Senator
- Ronnie Greer, U.S. District judge for eastern Tennessee
- Albert Gore, Sr., member of House of Representatives and U.S. Senator
- Bart Gordon, member of House of Representatives
- Bill Hendon, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Van Hilleary, U. S. Congressman
- John C. Houk, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Thomas G. Hull, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Ray Jenkins, Senate counsel during the Army-McCarthy Hearings
- William L. Jenkins, member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Ed Jones, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Joel A. Katz, Entertainment lawyer [2] (UT College of Law)
- Estes Kefauver, former U.S. Senator
- Alvan Lafargue, M.D. 1910, Louisiana physician and mayor of Sulphur from 1926-1932
- Arthur Larson, politician
- Dan Lipinski, U.S. Congressman (D-IL) and former professor
- William Gibbs McAdoo, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
- John E. McCall, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Jimmy Naifeh, Speaker of the House, Tennessee House of Representatives
- John Randolph Neal, Jr., Scopes Trial attorney
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- George W. Ochs, former Mayor of Chattanooga
- Hector Ormachea-Penaranda, Bolivian former Minister of Defense and national Senator
- Michael C. Polt, U.S. Ambassador to Serbia
- Percy Priest, former member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Glenn Reynolds, UT law professor and author of the Instapundit political weblog
- Mercer Reynolds, former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
- Kathryn Dee Robinson, former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana
- Madeline Rogero, first female mayor of Knoxville
- Kenneth Rush, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany
- Edward Terry Sanford, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Jim Sasser, former U.S. Senator
- Amadou Scattred Janneh, former Secretary of State for Communication, Information and Technology The Gambia
- Ronald L. Schlicher, former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus
- Heath Shuler, U.S. Representative from North Carolina, former NFL player
- Scott Simmons, U.S. Representative from Idaho
- Paul Summers, former Attorney General of State of Tennessee
- John S. Tanner, member of House of Representatives
- Deborah Tate, United States Federal Communications Commission Commissioner
- George Caldwell Taylor, former U.S. district judge
- David Duvall Thomas, former deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
- Lawrence Tyson, former U.S. Senator
- Gary R. Wade, Tennessee Supreme Court appointee, as of 2006
- Herbert S. Walters, former U.S. Senator
- Zach Wamp, member of House of Representatives
- Allen West, U.S. Representative from Florida
- Washington C. Whitthorne former U.S. Senator
- Al Gore, Jr., former Vice President of the United States, US Congressman, US Senator, Professor, and Environmentalist, recipient Honorary Doctorate 2010
[edit] Education
- Edward L. Ayers, President of the University of Richmond
- Landrum Bolling, Mercy Corps director at large, former Earlham College president and noted negotiator
- Guy Bailey, 15th President of Texas Tech University
- Philander P. Claxton Sr., founder of the UT Department of Education and U.S. commissioner of education from 1911 to 1921
- Bob Clement, President of Cumberland College and politician
- James A. Cramer, former President of World Learning and the School for International Training
- William Everett Derryberry, 4th President of Tennessee Technological University
- David L. Eubanks, President of Johnson Bible College
- John Gaventa, political sociologist
- Richard D. Holland, 10th President of the University of West Alabama
- John Thomas Mentzer (~1951-2010) Noted Marketing and Supply Chain Scholar; Outstanding Marketing Teacher; Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business at UTK.edu; prolific author.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
- F. Ann Millner, 11th President of Weber State University
- Linwood H. Rose, 5th President of James Madison University
- W. I. Thomas, sociologist
- Shirley C. Raines, President, University of Memphis
- Bernie L. Wade, Chancellor, International Circle of Faith Colleges and Seminaries
- John Rice Irwin, historian, founder of Museum of Appalachia[12]
[edit] Actors, directors, and entertainers
- Clarence Brown, Academy Award nominated film director
- Henry Cho, comedian
- Dixie Carter, actress
- John Cullum, actor and singer
- James Denton, actor, including role in Desperate Housewives
- David Keith, actor and director
[edit] Artists and musicians
- Jeff Baxter, Nike designer
- Deana Carter, country music singer and songwriter
- Ashley Cleveland, gospel singer [13]
- C. Kermit Ewing, painter
- Thomas Fulton, opera conductor[13]
- Park Overall, actress
- John Howell Morrison, composer
- Cheryl Lynn Studer, opera soprano[13]
- Carl Sublett, painter
- Pam Tillis, country music singer
- Delores Ziegler, opera singer [13]
- Dolly Parton, country music singer, recipient Honorary Doctorate, 2009
[edit] Authors
- Elizabeth Cox, novelist
- Lowell Cunningham, comic book writer
- Owen Davis, playwright
- Alex Haley, novelist, biographer and essayist
- May Justus, author of children's books [13]
- Marilyn Kallet, poet
- Joseph Wood Krutch, novelist, critic and naturalist
- Richard Marius, novelist, scholar and speechwriter
- Cormac McCarthy, novelist
- Dave Ramsey, financial guru, author, and host of The Dave Ramsey Show
- Vince Staten, humorist[13]
- Kurt Vonnegut, novelist and essayist
- Travis Beacham, screenwriter
- Allen Wier, fiction writer and scholar
[edit] Business and economy
- Charles Scott Abbott, one of the two originators of Trivial Pursuit[14]
- James Clayton, President and CEO of Clayton Homes
- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, healthcare expert
- Charlie Ergen, Echostar CEO
- James Haslam Jr., Pilot Corporation, Founder and CEO
- Charles O. Holliday Chairman of Bank of America and Former Chairman of DuPont
- Andrew S. Hubbard Bond Daddy, Philanthropist
- Min Kao, CEO and Founder of Garmin
- Tommy McDougal founder McDougal's Chicken Fingers & Wings
- Charles McClung McGhee, late-19th century Knoxville railroad magnate and financier
- William B. Stokely, former Chairman and CEO of Stokely Van Camp, Inc.
- Chris Whittle, founder of Whittle Communications and Edison Schools
- Clayton Jones, President of Rockwell Collins
[edit] Military
- Burwell B. Bell III, U.S. Army Commander
- Lt. Gen. John Bradley, chief of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve command.
- Robert Emmet Callan, major general in the U.S. Army and assistant chief of staff in the War Department from 1931 to 1935.
- Clifton B. Cates, aide to President Woodrow Wilson and later Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Thomas A. Davis, Captain of Spanish-American war
- Norman C. Gaddis, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
- Robert C. Hinson, former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of United States Strategic Command
- Bruce K. Holloway, military commander of Allied Forces
- Ridley McLean, rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and wrote the Bluejacket’s Manual, which is still used to teach naval recruits the basics of seamanship
- Major General Spurgeon Neel, pioneer in aeromedical evacuation
- Austin C. Shofner, World War II U.S. General
- Maurice F. Weisner, former Pacific Fleet Admiral
[edit] Athletics and sportscasters
- Monica Abbott, NPF pitcher for the Washington Glory, Olympian (2008)
- Brock Baker, Professional Wrestler and UT Basketball Player
- Buddy Bolding, Head Baseball Coach at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia
- Kevin Burnett, NFL player
- Ray Bussard, a hall-of-fame and Olympic swimming coach from 1968-1989
- Tonya Callahan, NPF All-Star first baseman for the Rockford Thunder
- Tamika Catchings, WNBA player, two-time Olympian (2004, 2008)
- Denny Crawford, professional football guard
- Antone Davis, former National Football League offensive lineman
- Doug Dickey, College Football Hall of Fame head coach at the University of Tennessee (1964–1969) and the University of Florida (1970–1978); athletic director at Tennessee (1985–2002)
- R.A. Dickey, professional baseball pitcher
- Bobby Dodd, college football coach and athletic director at Georgia Tech
- Brent Dougherty, co-host of 3HL on 104.5 The Zone in Nashville, TN
- Dale Ellis former NBA player
- Beattie Feathers, former NFL player and collegiate football and baseball coach
- Paul Finebaum, radio host and journalist
- Phillip Fulmer, head coach of Tennessee Volunteers football team (1992–2008)
- Harry Galbreath, former National Football League offensive lineman
- Braden Gall, College Football Writer, Radio Host (Athlon Sports)
- Charlie Garner, NFL running back
- Phil Garner, former Major League Baseball player and manager
- Justin Gatlin, 2004 Summer Olympics 100m Gold medalist
- Ernie Grunfeld, former NBA player and current president of basketball operations, Washington Wizards
- Sam Graddy, 1984 Summer Olympics 100m silver medalist and 4x100m gold medalist
- Ray Graves, former NFL player; University of Florida head football coach (1960–1969) and athletic director (1960–1979); College Football Hall of Fame (1990)
- Albert Haynesworth, NFL Defensive Tackle
- Todd Helton, Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies
- Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA player, Olympian (2000)
- Rick Honeycutt, former Major League Baseball player and current pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Allan Houston, NBA shooting guard
- Luke Hudson, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
- Bernard King, former NBA player
- Kara Lawson, WNBA player, Olympian (2008), ESPN analyst
- Jamal Lewis, NFL running back
- Jeremy Linn, an American swimmer, who won one gold and one silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Christine Magnuson, an American swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
- Johnny Majors, Heisman Trophy runner-up (1956); head football coach at Iowa State University (1968–1972), University of Pittsburgh (1973–1976) and the University of Tennessee (1977–1992)
- Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback
- Jacques McClendon, NFL offensive lineman
- Tim McGee, NFL receiver
- Ross McGowan, professional golfer
- Greg McMichael, former Major League Baseball player
- Charles McRae, former National Football League offensive lineman
- Mike Miller, NFL player
- Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event winner
- Kevin Nash, professional wrestler and UT basketball player
- Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster
- Augie Ojeda, Major League Baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Candace Parker, WNBA player, Olympian (2008)
- Woody Paige, sports analyst for The Denver Post and Around the Horn
- Bruce Pearl, former men's head basketball coach
- Carl Pickens, NFL receiver
- Semeka Randall, former WNBA player
- Stuart Saylor, NFL defensive tackle
- JT Smith, former NFL player
- Michelle Snow, WNBA player
- Ovince St. Preux, mixed martial artist with Strikeforce
- Donté Stallworth, NFL WR
- Melvin Stewart, an American swimmer, who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
- Pat Summitt, women's basketball head coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Olympian (1976), head coach for the 1984 Olympic women's basketball Team that won Gold
- Lenny Taylor, NFL player
- Chuck Webb, NFL player
- Reggie White, former NFL defensive lineman
- Al Wilson, NFL player
- Gibril Wilson, NFL Safety
- Jason Witten, NFL player
- Bob Woodruff, head football coach at Baylor University (1947–1949); head football coach and athletic director at the University of Florida (1950–1959)
- Doug Word, NBA Writer (Athlon Sports)
- Matthew Woerner, London Wasps rugby union player
- Gene Wojciechowski, college football reporter/senior writer, ESPN The Magazine
- Jonathan Crompton, NFL free-agent quarterback
[edit] Journalists and newscasters
- Jesse Samuel Cottrell, was U.S. minister to Bolivia and Washington correspondent and editor for the Knoxville News Sentinel.
- Faith Fancher, journalist
- Ann Taylor, NPR newscaster
- Dianne Gallagher newscaster
- Charles Winters, journalist
[edit] Nobel laureates
- James Buchanan, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, received an M.S. degree from UT in 1941.[15]
- Peter C. Doherty, faculty member in the UT Health Science Center in Memphis
[edit] Science and technology
- Dr. William M. Bass, professor emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Center and the "Body Farm"
- Mladen Bestvina, topologists, professor of mathematics at the University of Utah
- Jeffrey D. Case, co-developer of SNMP
- Jack Dongarra, computer science professor and creator of LINPACK and LAPACK
- Weston Fulton, meteorologist, inventor
- Carl B. Huffaker, (1914–1995) American biologist and agricultural scientist
- Mohammad Ataul Karim, World Renowned Physicist
- Henry Morrison, American chemist for deep eutectic point solubilities and formulator of numerous therapeutic small molecules.[16][17]
- Edward K. Reedy, radar researcher and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1998 to 2003.[18]
- Milton Shaw, helped develop the reactor plant system for the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), as well as other nuclear-powered ships.
- Jeremy C. Smith, Governor's Chair and Director of UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics
- Morwen Thistlethwaite, knot theorist
- E.O. Wilson, biologist and naturalist
[edit] Astronauts
- Jeffrey Ashby
- Joe Edwards
- Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
- Chris Hadfield
- Henry Hartsfield
- Charles O. Hobaugh
- Scott J. Kelly
- Donald H. Peterson
- Margaret Rhea Seddon
- Barry E. Wilmore
[edit] References
- ^ a b Distinguished Alumni, Government & Military, University of Tennessee website
- ^ http://www.gtlaw.com/biographies/biography.asp?id=1085
- ^ "In Memoriam: Tom Mentzer | Tennessee Today". http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2010/03/01/in-memoriam-tom-mentzer/. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "UT’s Mentzer Receives Prestigious International Marketing Award | Tennessee Today". http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2008/07/10/uts-mentzer-receives-prestigious-international-marketing-award/. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Motor City to Knoxville for Mentzer | Tennessee Today". http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2008/11/10/Motor-City-to-Knoxville-for-Mentzer/. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "E-Perspective | UT College of Business Administration". http://bus.utk.edu/eperspective/mar10/mentzer.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "John “Tom” Mentzer (UT Faculty) | Torchbearer". http://www.utk.edu/torchbearer/2010/03/john-tom-mentzer-ut-faculty/. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "UT College of Business Administration| News". http://www.bus.utk.edu/cba/news_articles/2010/mentzer.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Author - John T. Mentzer". http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=528207. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Dr. John T. Mentzer - Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals". http://cscmp.org/aboutcscmp/mentzer.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Amazon.com: John T. Mentzer: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". http://www.amazon.com/John-T.-Mentzer/e/B001IXU6DY/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1290504813&sr=1-3. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Happy 80th Birthday, John Rice Irwin!". The Norris Bulletin 64 (49): 1, 6. 2010-12-08.
- ^ a b c d e f http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website
- ^ University of Tennessee Website
- ^ James M. Buchanan biography, George Mason University
- ^ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.05.039
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