Anna Catherine Wiley, who attended UT from 1895 to 1897, was an artist. Her paintings have been exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, National Academy of Design, and Cincinnati …
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Joseph Walker McSpadden graduated from UT in the 1890s. He was a prolific author. He is best known for his Robin Hood (1891) and succeeding tales of Robin Hood, but …
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Richard Marius (1954) was an author and director of the expository writing program at Harvard University. His Thomas More was nominated for a National Book Award.
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May Justus attended summer courses in 1923, 1929, 1930, 1934, and 1938. She completed UT correspondence courses in 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, and 1936. She was also enrolled in courses …
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John M. Hightower attended UT in Knoxville from 1927 to 1929. During his first year at the University of Tennessee, the native of Coal Creek, Tennessee, (now Lake City) edited a …
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John Netherland Heiskell (1893) was publisher and editor of the Arkansas Gazette from 1902 to 1972. Under his leadership, the Gazette won a Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service. He …
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Thomas Fulton (1971) conducted 21 operas at the Metropolitan Opera and made several recordings. He also conducted the Orchestre National de France and the orchestras of the Paris Opera and …
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Owen Davis, an 1889 graduate, won the Pulitzer Prize for his play Icebound in 1923.
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John Cullum (1953) is a Tony award winning actor. He won the top theater award for his roles in Shenandoah and On the Twentieth Century. He was the star of …
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Cormac McCarthy is a novelist who attended UT in Knoxville in 1951-52 and 1957-60. He won the National Book Award in 1992 for All the Pretty Horses and the Pulitzer …