Milton B. Ochs (1885) was managing editor of the Chattanooga Times and owner of the Nashville American.

George W. Ochs (1880) was mayor of Chattanooga and general manager of the Chattanooga Times. He was also editor and publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Adolph S. Ochs, who attended the college preparatory department at East Tennessee University (UT’s forerunner) in 1872, was publisher of the New York Times and owner and publisher of the Chattanooga Times.

Paul Mountcastle Sr. (1914) was president and CEO of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company in Nashville, chairman and president of WLAC in Nashville, and president of WATE in Knoxville.

John Dickson Harper (1933) was president and CEO of ALCOA.

John Bogle Cox (1893) worked with General Electric, where he installed Europe’s first multiple train unit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, wired underground systems for the London subway, and electrified street railways in Lisbon and Havana.

George B. Carmack (1927) was editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel (1937-40), the Houston Press (1946-64), and the Albuquerque Tribune (1966-73).

Albert Zachary Baker attended UT Knoxville from 1909 to 1910. He was president and chairman of the Cleveland (Ohio) Union Stockyards, chairman of the National City Bank of Cleveland, deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and president of Rotary International.

Reggie White (1990) was a football All-American in 1983. He played professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles (1985-92), Green Bay Packers (1993-98) and Carolina Panthers. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

C. Bowden Wyatt (1935 to 1939) was a UT football All America in 1938 and head football coach of the Volunteers from 1955 to 1962. He was national Coach of the Year in 1956.