Ms. Blackburn moved to Nashville in 1976 to take a reporter and weekend anchor job at WKRN-TV News 2. In 1980, she became the station’s primary anchor. She is a four-time Emmy Award-winner and a recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for the investigative documentary “Under the Influence.” In 2007, the National Academy of [...]

Mr. Katz opened up a one-man law firm in 1971, and got a big break by helping negotiate a recording contract for the “Godfather of Soul” James Brown. His publicity skyrocketed, and Katz represented countless other music stars. In 1998, the law firm of Katz, Smith & Cohen merged with Greenberg Traurig in Georgia, which [...]

Mr. Capps formed A. C. Entertainment, Inc. in 1991 to produce and promote concerts throughout the southeastern United States. Since 1996, A. C. Entertainment has managed Knoxville’s Historic Tennessee Theatre - the official state theater of Tennessee. He produced the Hot Summer Nights Concert Series for 10 years, which took place each summer in Knoxville’s [...]

Mr. Davis was a 4-year starter for the UT Football team, but expanded his career by pursuing broadcasting after graduating. Davis has called three BCS National Championship football games and several other BCS bowl games. A FOX Sports analyst, Davis has covered most major sporting events and has reported for many of the major [...]

Mr. Finebaum is a columnist, author, television and radio personality, mostly focusing on sports in the Southeast. He currently serves as host of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, which contributed to his being named one of the SEC’s 10 Most Powerful People in 2009.

A leader in the arts and a benefactor to the School of Music, Haslam has committed undetermined amounts of time and talent to the betterment of the university. Haslam currently serves as the co-chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Campaign Leadership Committee; co-chair, along with her husband, of the university’s $1 billion comprehensive [...]

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

Owen Davis, an 1889 graduate, won the Pulitzer Prize for his play Icebound in 1923.

Harvey B. Broome (1923) was a cofounder of the National Wilderness Society and served as its president from 1957 to 1968. A Knoxville attorney, he was the author of Earth Man, Faces of the Wilderness, and Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies.

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.