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Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

Clyde Samuel Henninger, Jr. (1959)

Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Clyde Samuel Henninger, Jr., of Friendsville, TN, died October 27, 2009. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and received 3 purple hearts for action in the Korean Conflict. Clyde was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He had a career for [...]



Nancy L. Williams (1957)

Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Nancy L. Williams, of Sikeston, MO, died August 4, 2009. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving her bachelor’s degree from the College of Home Economics.



James S. Roach (1957)

Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

James S. Roach, of Memphis, died March 3, 2006. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



Curtis DeWayne Phillipy (1957)

Oct 29th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Curtis DeWayne Phillipy, of Memphis, died October 25, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He owned and operated a successful insurance business for many years.



McRae “Mac” Jarrett (1950)

Oct 29th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

McRae “Mac” Jarrett, of Clovis, CA, died October 17, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree (1950) and his master’s degree (1959) from the College of Engineering. His first job was teaching at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and later at the University of Tennessee, Martin. In [...]



Peggy Weatherford Poag (1951)

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Peggy Weatherford Poag, of Brentwood, TN, died October 19, 2009. She attended the University of Tennessee and was a member of the Class of 1951 in the College of Business Administration. Her work career began at TVA in Columbia, Tennessee, and continued at Vanderbilt University and Ozburn-Hessey Company.



Morris Howard Nimmo (1953)

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Morris Howard Nimmo, of Suffolk, VA, died October 20, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. Morris served his country with honor in the field of electrical engineering in the U.S. Army. He later retired as an engineer from the U.S. Patent office [...]



Notable Alumni: John B. Waters Jr. (1952, 1961)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

John B. Waters Jr. (1952, 1961) is former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors.



Notable Alumni: David McKinney (1956)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

David McKinney (1956) is former president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, N.Y.



Notable Alumni: John Melvin Googin Jr. (1953)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Notable Alumni

John Melvin Googin Jr. (1953) won the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Award in 1967. He was involved in the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and later was principal chemist and senior corporate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was Tennessee president of the American Civil Liberties Union, a fellow of the National Academy [...]