Torchbearer: Illuminating the University of Tennessee Alumni

Archives for the ‘Notable Alumni’ Category

Notable Alumni: Apisak Tantivorawong

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Mr. Tantivorawong has, since 2004, served on the Committee of Thai-German Ceramic Industrial PCL, as President of Siam City Bank PCL, and as President of Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited. He is also Chairman of Asian Bankers Association and Chairman of Thai Bankers Association, and serves on numerous committees including The Board of Investment [...]



Notable Alumni: Terry Crawford

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Ms. Crawford coached Women’s Track & Field at the University of Tennessee from 1974-84, winning the first national title for any Lady Vol athletic team in 1981. At the University of Texas from 1984-1992, she led the Lady Longhorns to five national championships. In 1988, she was the Olympic women’s head track & field coach, [...]



Notable Alumni: Ann Holt Blackburn

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Ms. Blackburn moved to Nashville in 1976 to take a reporter and weekend anchor job at WKRN-TV News 2. In 1980, she became the station’s primary anchor. She is a four-time Emmy Award-winner and a recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for the investigative documentary “Under the Influence.” In 2007, the National Academy of [...]



Notable Alumni: Tonya Hinch

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Ms. Hinch jumpstarted her career with marketing positions at Procter & Gamble and Clairol, and was the general manager of the haircare business at Neutrogena. She then moved to Utrafem, Inc, a beginning company in the women’s reproductive healthcare sector, where she served as Senior Vice President of marketing and sales. She also served as [...]



Notable Alumni: Joel Katz

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Mr. Katz opened up a one-man law firm in 1971, and got a big break by helping negotiate a recording contract for the “Godfather of Soul” James Brown. His publicity skyrocketed, and Katz represented countless other music stars. In 1998, the law firm of Katz, Smith & Cohen merged with Greenberg Traurig in Georgia, which [...]



Notable Alumni: Ashley Capps

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Mr. Capps formed A. C. Entertainment, Inc. in 1991 to produce and promote concerts throughout the southeastern United States. Since 1996, A. C. Entertainment has managed Knoxville’s Historic Tennessee Theatre - the official state theater of Tennessee. He produced the Hot Summer Nights Concert Series for 10 years, which took place each summer in Knoxville’s [...]



Notable Alumni: David Freeman

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Mr. Freeman graduated from the University of Tennessee before finishing law school at Vanderbilt University. In 1989, while practicing mergers and acquisitions law, he began building a medical waste services company as a side venture. By the time he sold it, it was the second-largest company in its field. Now, he is the majority owner [...]



Notable Alumni: Justice Gary Wade

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Justice Wade was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in 1987, and was elected and served as Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals from 1998-2006. He was then appointed and currently serves as an Associate Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.



Notable Alumni: Justice Sharon Lee

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Justice Lee served as the city attorney for several Tennessee cities, and was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in 2004. In 2008, she was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court.



Notable Alumni: Chief Judge Curtis Wagner, Jr.

Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Notable Alumni

Chief Judge Curtis Wagner, Jr., has been an Administrative Law Judge at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) since 1974, and has been Chief Judge since 1978. He has received numerous awards including the Department of the Army’s highest award, the Decoration For Exceptional Civilian Service.