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Amy Armstrong Moyers (1934)

Dec 8th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Amy Armstrong Moyers, of Knoxville, died October 17, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Amy was a retired educator after 42 years of teaching in Knox County at Powell High School where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, English, US and Tennessee History.



Murray Warmath (1934)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Murray Warmath, of Minneapolis, MN, died March 16, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Warmath was named head football coach at the University of Minnesota in 1954 and led the Gophers to a national championship and two back-to-back Rose Bowls. [...]



Homer West (1934)

Aug 18th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Homer West, of Knoxville, died August 2, 2010. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Homer worked for White Stores for 50 plus years and retired as Advertising Director.



William Bickley (1934)

Aug 5th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

William Bickley, of Annapolis, MD, died August 2, 2010. He earned a bachelor’s degree (1934) and a master’s degree (1936) from the University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences and a doctor’s degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Bickley was employed as an entomologist for the University of Maryland Extension service from 1940 to [...]



John A. Roach (1934)

Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

John A. Roach, of Johnson City, TN, died February 6, 2001. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



Notable Alumni: Murray Bowen (1934)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

Murray Bowen (1934) was a pioneer in the field of family therapy. He was the first director of the Family Division at the National Institute of Mental Health. Later he joined the psychiatry department at Georgetown University and gained international recognition for his leadership in the field of family therapy. He established the Georgetown University [...]



Notable Alumni: Ed Jones (1934)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

Ed Jones attended UT Junior College (now UT Martin) and graduated from UT in Knoxville in 1934. He was Tennessee commissioner of agriculture from 1949 to 1952 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1989.



Notable Alumni: Philander Priestly Claxton Jr. (1934)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

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 1985.



Anne Yoakum Modlin (1934)

Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Anne, of Johnson City, Tennessee, died October 1, 2009. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving her bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Besides her family, the great loves of her life were the University of Tennessee and the Republican Party. She established a scholarship fund in honor of [...]



Dr. Cyrus Cleveland Johnson, Jr. (1934)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died December 9, 2007, in Madison, MS.
Johnson served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flight surgeon, reaching the rank of major. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, UT Knoxville, and his doctor of medicine (1936) from the UT Health Science Center.