Fall 2007

Homegrown Music

Homegrown Music

For Molly Erickson, a trained opera singer and an associate professor, attending concerts is more than fun--it's research.

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Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery

Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery

UT is a leader in the development of alternative fuels, and Dr. Bill Bass has solved the mystery of "The…

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It Helps to Remember

It Helps to Remember

This was a good day for Mike and Molly Morel. Any day that their son, Brent, is remembered, is a…

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Top Shelf at Wal-Mart

Top Shelf at Wal-Mart

Perhaps no name in commerce is as well known as that of Wal-Mart, and Don Frieson has mapped his way…

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June Montgomery: Friend to Alumni

June Montgomery: Friend to Alumni

June Montgomery, who served UTHSC for 37 years before retiring in 1973, passed away on February 25, 2007, at the…

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Tom Rakes Pairs Experience with New Insights

Tom Rakes Pairs Experience with New Insights

Dr. Thomas A. Rakes, the new chancellor at UT Martin, prefers to think about the work ahead in a different…

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McCarthy Mainstreamed

McCarthy Mainstreamed

For years Cormac McCarthy, ­Knoxville's most famous living literary son, had something of a cult following. The secret is now…

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No Kidding

No Kidding

Why would a retired police officer from Miami own a herd of goats? When you meet Deb Kidwell, it makes…

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Beast of Eden

Beast of Eden

Ask conservation ecologist Dr. Luke Dollar to name the place he felt farthest from the UT campus, and he'll likely…

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Rocky Top on the Yangtze

Rocky Top on the Yangtze

Recently my wife Kathy and I, both loyal Tennessee Volunteers since 1966, traveled to China for a vacation and Far…

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The Power of Education

The Power of Education

When Luke Dollar discovered villagers had killed a foosa, he launched a poster campaign to "Save the fossa, save the…

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Sounds of Centuries Past

Sounds of Centuries Past

One of the world's premier ­musical ensembles will bring its extraordinary talents to the university's Knoxville campus this fall.

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The Longest Vacation of Your Life

The Longest Vacation of Your Life

Retirement beckons each of us. But will leisure pursuits be enough to occupy baby boomers who've prided themselves on staying…

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Make Your Life List

Make Your Life List

Sharon Hoover was in Italy recently when she struck up a conversation with a couple sitting nearby. "What are you…

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Counting Them Down

Counting Them Down

Yosemite. Check. Yellowstone. Check. Rocky Mountain National Park. Eugene O'Neill's home. Pinnacles National Monument. Check.

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Let's Drink to Retirement

Let’s Drink to Retirement

Ron Frieson (Knoxville '81) toasted retirement, not with a glass of wine, but with an entire wine store--his own.

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Do It Today

Do It Today

Many people say they want to travel when they retire. Globe-trotter Ginny Thigpen says, "Do it today."

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Creating a New Career

Creating a New Career

Tish Lowe (Knoxville '75, '78) followed her true passion when she moved to Florence, Italy, in 2003 to study painting.

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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

WDVX began broadcasting in 1997 from a trailer in a campground in Norris, Tennessee, about 18 miles northeast of Knoxville.

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Education in the City

Education in the City

Sean Loftin didn't shake a Magic 8 Ball to be certain of the new direction his career was taking. "Without…

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Woman Power

Woman Power

Three women made seven-figure gifts to help build, literally, UT's reputation as a powerhouse of intercollegiate athletics.

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Davises Integral to UT Chattanooga

Bob and Etta Davis attended games in Chattanooga when "Scrappy" Moore was coach, and their love of sports persisted over…

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Association News

Association News

The UTAA gets alumni together for Homecoming, pep rallies, and chapter meetings--you knew that, right? Do you know what else…

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