Lawrence G. Derthick (1930) was U.S. commissioner of education from 1956 to 1961.
Education
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Cleveland Leon Dennard (1964) was president of Atlanta University from 1977 to 1983, and president of the Technological Institute of Washington from 1976 to 1977. He was chief operating officer …
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William D. Carnes, an 1842 graduate of East Tennessee University (UT’s predecessor), was UT president from 1858 to 1860.
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Charles E. Smith (1961) was chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents and Tennessee commissioner of education. From 1980 to 1985 he served as Chancellor of the University of Tennessee …
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Arliss Lloyd Roaden (1958, 1961) was president of Tennessee Technological University from 1974 to 1985. He also was executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
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Yan-Hwa Wu Lee (1976) is president of National Yang-Ming University in Tapei, Taiwan.
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I. King Jordan Jr. (1971, 1973) retired as president of Gallaudet University at the end of 2006. He was the first deaf president of Gallaudet, a university for the deaf …
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Joseph E. Johnson (1958, 1968) was president of the University of Tennessee from 1991 to 1999. In 2003-2004 he returned as interim president.
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Sherry L. Hoppe (1981) became president of Austin Peay (Tenn.) State University in 2001. She holds the master’s degree from UT Chattanooga and the doctorate in educational administration from UT …
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Emerson H. “Eli” Fly (1961) was president of UT from 2001 to 2002. In 2002, he began serving as the first president of the University of Tennessee Foundation. He is …