Lila Jane Armstrong Pinkston Wilson, of Knoxville, died November 9, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and taught in Knoxville City Schools for 35 years, retiring in 1977. Following retirement, she worked part-time for twenty plus years in the University of Tennessee’s Bursar’s Office.

Ralph Campbell Garner, of Chattanooga, TN, died November 8, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He worked as an accountant for the Tennessee Copper Company in Alcoa, Tennessee and Magnavox Corporation in Greenville, Tennessee. Ralph retired in 1987 from the U.S. Department of [...]

T. Harold Rose, of Nashville, died March 23, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Mr. Rose was a County Agricultural Agent for two years, followed by a long career in the dairy [...]

Wilma Rogers Kneeland, of Apopka, FL, died September 18, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Wilma was one of UT’s first female cheerleaders and was chosen Miss University of Tennessee in 1940.

Rowland H. Rawls, of Jonesborough, TN, died July 19, 2010. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Lucy Ellen Rowntree Cole, of Knoxville, died August 22, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority during the 1940s.

E. Elwood Powers, of Spokane, WA, died July 14, 2011. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration and lettered in both basketball and football while attending UT. Following graduation, he entered military service as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 pilot and flew 25 [...]

Kenneth M. Elliott, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, died June 12, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering and from the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business School. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Tennessee Wesleyan College in 2010. Ken retired [...]

George Huffaker Megar, of Florence, AL, died May 31, 2011. George earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Engineering. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a Lt. Junior Grade from 1942 to 1945. He returned to Florence and worked for TVA as a chemical engineer until his retirement [...]

Arthur L. Garrett, Jr., of Knoxville, died May 23, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and worked with the Signal Corps in aircraft warning as part of the Army Air Force. He later served in [...]