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…