Lori Renee Bible Noll, of Knoxville, died October 20, 2009. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, receiving her bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. She rose to the top of her profession while working with Ernst & Young, LLP, and was currently serving as the Chief Accounting Officer for the National Coal [...]

Dr. Mary Kay Bordner, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died October 7, 2009. Dr. Bordner graduated from the University of Tennessee, receiving her doctor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

Kevin Joseph Murphy, of Salt Lake City, Utah, died October 7, 2009. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Arthur T. Porter (1998) is CEO of the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Canada. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and has worked to establish international medical research and treatment programs in several nations.

Patricia Welesko Garland (1995) was named one of 10 Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2000. She is a chemical engineer and program manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Barry Wilmore (UTSI 1994) was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2000.

Scott Kelly (Space Institute 1996) is a NASA astronaut who piloted the Discovery Space Shuttle’s 1999 mission to service the Hubble space telescope.

Charles O. Hobaugh (Space Institute 1994) is a NASA astronaut.

Chris Hadfield (1992) made two Space Shuttle flights as a NASA astronaut. From 2001 through 2003 Colonel Hadfield was in Star City, Russia, as NASA’s director of operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Dominic Gorie (1990) is a NASA astronaut who has made three space flights. He was commander of Space Shuttle Endeavor’s flight in 2001.