Earline Evans McClain, of Strawberry Plains, TN, died October 27, 2009. A life-long educator, Earline graduated from Swift Memorial Jr. College in Rogersville, Tennessee. She received her undergraduate degree from Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina and her master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Earline also completed [...]

James “Jim” Wallace Blackburn, of Knoxville, died October 27, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. Jim worked as a civil engineer with TVA for 31 years.

Henrietta McConkey Pugh, of Knoxville, died October 26, 2009. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, she received her bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.

Chao Yu Wu, of Vancouver, BC, died October 21, 2009. Chao Yu was born in Hefei, Anhui province, China and grew up during the turmoil of WWII. Gripped with patriotic fervor, he graduated from the Chinese Central Military Academy in 1943 and fought with bravery as part of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Later, he became [...]

Carl J. Plumlee, of Memphis, died September 20, 2007. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree (1960) and his master’s degree (1970) from the College of Engineering.

Ewin Allen Ottinger, of Norfolk, VA, died October 16, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. Ewin was a letterman on the cross country and track teams at UT. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961 until 1967. He [...]

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

David Mosena (1968, 1971) is CEO and president of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He is former president of the Chicago Transit Authority.

Sheldon Datz (1960) won the Enrico Fermi Award for lifetime achievement, one of the top U.S. scientific prizes. He pioneered crossed molecular beam chemistry and was a physicist and senior corporate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Cleveland Leon Dennard (1964) was president of Atlanta University from 1977 to 1983, and president of the Technological Institute of Washington from 1976 to 1977. He was chief operating officer of the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change and was the 1972 Washingtonian of the Year.