Philander P. Claxton Sr. graduated from UT in 1882. He was U.S. commissioner of education from 1911 to 1921. In 1909, Claxton accepted membership on the national Hook Worm Commission, …
Government and Military
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Philander Priestly Claxton Jr. (1934) held high positions in the U.S. State Department, from which he retired in 1975. He was president of the World Population Society from 1975 to …
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Clifton B. Cates (1916) was an aide to President Woodrow Wilson and later commandant of the Marine Corps Schools. He was commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948 to …
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Robert Emmet Callan attended UT Knoxville from 1888 to 1891. He was a major general in the U.S. Army and assistant chief of staff in the War Department from 1931 …
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Marion Speed Boyd (1921) was U.S. district judge for the western district of Tennessee from 1940 to 1961 and chief judge from 1961 to 1966.
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George White Baxter graduated from East Tennessee University (UT’s predecessor) in 1871. He was governor of the Wyoming Territory in 1886 and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Wyoming …
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John Austin Armitage (1940) was chief of the European branch of Voice of America, first secretary in the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, counselor in the U.S. Embasssy in Moscow, director …
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Colonel Hank Hartsfield Jr., former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force pilot, will be the keynote speaker at an event on Sept. 15.
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Barry Wilmore (UTSI 1994) was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2000.
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Donald Peterson attended the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma. He was a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 and retired from NASA the following year.