Milton B. Ochs (1885) was managing editor of the Chattanooga Times and owner of the Nashville American.
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George W. Ochs (1880) was mayor of Chattanooga and general manager of the Chattanooga Times. He was also editor and publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Adolph S. Ochs, who attended the college preparatory department at East Tennessee University (UT’s forerunner) in 1872, was publisher of the New York Times and owner and publisher of the …
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Paul Mountcastle Sr. (1914) was president and CEO of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company in Nashville, chairman and president of WLAC in Nashville, and president of WATE in Knoxville.
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John Dickson Harper (1933) was president and CEO of ALCOA.
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John Bogle Cox (1893) worked with General Electric, where he installed Europe’s first multiple train unit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, wired underground systems for the London subway, and …
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George B. Carmack (1927) was editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel (1937-40), the Houston Press (1946-64), and the Albuquerque Tribune (1966-73).
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Albert Zachary Baker attended UT Knoxville from 1909 to 1910. He was president and chairman of the Cleveland (Ohio) Union Stockyards, chairman of the National City Bank of Cleveland, deputy …
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Christopher Whittle (1969) is the founder and CEO of Edison Schools.
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Joe Weller (1968) retired in 2006 as chairman and CEO of Nestle USA Inc.