U.S. Ambassador

An author and an ambassador were recent visitors to campus.

James R. “Jim” Sasser attended UT from 1954 to 1955. He was a U.S. senator from Tennessee, serving from 1977 to 1995. He also was ambassador to China.

Margaret Scobey (1971, 1973) became U.S. ambassador to Syria in 2004. She previously served in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Kuwait.