List of University of Tennessee people

List of University of Tennessee people

The following is a list of people associated with the University of Tennessee in all its campuses. The list does not include personnel associated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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 [ [http://pr.utk.edu/alumni/govandmilitary.asp Distinguished Alumni, Government & Military] , University of Tennessee website]
*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
*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
*Zachery Lindsey, Math Major and Official University Keeper of Win
*Bart Weitering, King of Wales, Reincarnation of Erdös
*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 [ [http://pr.utk.edu/alumni/govandmilitary.asp Distinguished Alumni, Government & Military] , University of Tennessee website]
*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
*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 [http://www.gtlaw.com/biographies/biography.asp?id=1085] (UT College of Law)
*Estes Kefauver, former U.S. Senator
*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
*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
*Kenneth Rush, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany
*Edward Terry Sanford, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
*Jim Sasser, former U.S. Senator
*Ronald L. Schlicher, former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus
*Heath Shuler, U.S. Representative from North Carolina, former NFL player
*Paul Summers, former Attorney General of State of Tennessee
*John S. Tanner, member of House of Representatives
*Deborah Tate, United States FCC 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
*Washington C. Whitthorne former U.S. Senator

Education

*Landrum Bolling, Mercy Corps director at large, former Earlham College president and noted negotiator
*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
*John Gaventa, political sociologist
*W. I. Thomas, sociologist
*Bernie L. Wade, Chancelor, International Circle of Faith Colleges and SeminariesKaitlin Philibotte. Diplomat

Actors, directors, and entertainers

*Clarence Brown, Academy Award nominated film director
*Dixie Carter, actress
*John Cullum, actor and singer
*James Denton, actor, including role in "Desperate Housewives"
*David Keith, actor and director

Artists and musicians

*Jeff Baxter, Nike designer
*Deana Carter, country music singer and songwriter
*Ashley Cleveland, gospel singer [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]
*C. Kermit Ewing, painter
*Thomas Fulton, opera conductor [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]
*Park Overall, actress
*Cheryl Lynn Studer, opera soprano [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]
* [http://www.carlsublett.net/ Carl Sublett] , painter
*Pam Tillis, country music singer
*Delores Ziegler, opera singer [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]

Authors

* [http://www.elizabethcox.net/ Elizabeth Cox] , novelist
*Lowell Cunningham, comic book writer
*Owen Davis, playwright
*Alex Haley, novelist, biographer and essayist
*May Justus, author of children's books [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]
* [http://www.marilynkallet.com/ 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 [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee website]
*Kurt Vonnegut, novelist and essayist
*Allen Wier, fiction writer and scholar

Business and economy

*Charles Scott Abbott, one of the two originators of Trivial Pursuit [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/artsandet.asp University of Tennessee Website]
*James Clayton, President and CEO of Clayton Homes
*Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, healthcare expert
*Charlie Ergen, Echostar CEO
*Chad Holliday, CEO, DuPont
*Min Kao, CEO and Founder of Garmin
*William B. Stokely, former Chairman and CEO of Stokely Van Camp, Inc.
*Chris Whittle, founder of Whittle Communications and Edison Schools

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 Schools
*Thomas A. Davis, Captain of Spanish-American war
*Norman C. Gaddis, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
*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
*Austin C. Shofner, World War II U.S. General
*Maurice F. Weisner, former Pacific Fleet Admiral

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
*Tonya Callahan, NPF All-Star first baseman for the Rockford Thunder
*Tamika Catchings, WNBA player, two-time Olympian (2004, 2008)
*R.A. Dickey, professional baseball pitcher
*Phillip Fulmer, current football coach of UT's Tennessee Volunteers
*Charlie Garner, NFL running back
*Braden Gall, College Football Writer, Radio Host (Athlon Sports)
*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 glod medalist
*Albert Haynesworth, NFL Defensive Tackle
*Todd Helton, Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies
*Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA player, Olympian (2000)
*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
*Johnny Majors, Heisman Trophy runner-up and UT football coach
*Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback
*Tim McGee, NFL receiver
*Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event winner
*Kevin Nash, professional wrestler and UT basketball player
*Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster
*Candace Parker, WNBA player, Olympian (2008)
*Woody Paige, sports analyst for "The Denver Post" and Around the Horn
*Bruce Pearl, current men's head basketball coach
*Carl Pickens, NFL receiver
*Semeka Randall, former WNBA player
*JT Smith, former NFL player
*Michelle Snow, WNBA player
*Donté Stallworth, NFL WR
*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
*Reggie White, former NFL defensive lineman
*Al Wilson, NFL player
*Gibril Wilson, NFL Safety
*Jason Witten, NFL player
*Doug Word, NBA Writer (Athlon Sports)
*Matthew Woerner, London Wasps rugby union player
*Gene Wojciechowski, college football reporter/senior writer, ESPN The Magazine
*Bobby Dodd, college football coach/athletic director at Georgia Tech. College football/ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

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

Nobel laureates

*James Buchanan, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, received an M.S. degree from UT in 1941. [ [http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/faculty_bios/buchananbio.html James M. Buchanan biography] , George Mason University]
*Peter Doherty, faculty member in the UT Health Science Center in Memphis

cience and technology

*Milton Shaw, helped develop the reactor plant system for the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, as well as other nuclear-powered ships.
*Carl B. Huffaker, (1914 -1995) American biologist and agricultural scientist
*Dr. William M. Bass, professor emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Center and the "Body Farm"
*Jeffrey D. Case, co-developer of SNMP
*Jack Dongarra, computer science professor and creator of LINPACK and LAPACK
*E.O. Wilson, biologist and naturalist

Astronauts

*Jeffrey Ashby
*Alex Dunlap, payload specialist on NASA's Neurolab in 1998.
*Joe Edwards
*Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
*Chris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space.
*Henry Hartsfield
*Charles O. Hobaugh
*Scott J. Kelly
*Andrew Milstead, first monkey to Pluto and back. He was greatly disappointed when he was informed Pluto was no longer a planet and his dream was shattered.
*Donald H. Peterson
*Margaret Rhea Seddon
*Barry E. Wilmore

References

External links

* [http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumni/govandmilitary.asp University of Tennessee distinguished Alumni]


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