Brandon Maggart (1956) is an actor, appearing on TV shows such as ER, Murder She Wrote, and LA Law. He has appeared in more than 20 films and theater productions, receiving a Tony nomination for his role in Applause.  He was in the original cast of Sesame Street.

Jerry David Madden (1957) is an author of novels and short stories and an editor of textbooks. Two novels, Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War and The Suicide’s Wife, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He holds an endowed professorship in creative writing at Louisiana State University.

Ron Kirksey (1970), a Clinton, Tennessee native, won the Pulitzer prize for public service journalism in 1994 as part of a team at the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal. Kirksey was lead writer.

David L. Keith (1985) has starred in films including An Officer and a Gentleman and the Lords of Discipline. He also has directed films and starred in made-for-TV movies.

Bette Henritze attended UT from September 1944 to June 1946. She has a long and distinguished acting career in plays, movies, and television. Her movie credits include: The World According to Garp, Other People’s Money, Object of My Affection, and Brighton Beach Memoirs.  She has appeared in television shows such as NYPD Blue and Third [...]

David Hall (1965, 1966) is former editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Denver Post. Under his leadership, the paper received the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Meritorious Public Service in 1956.

David Granger (1978) is editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine.

James Denton (1986) is an actor. He appears as Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives. He has appeared in other television series and several films.

Lowell Cunningham (1985) is the creator of the Men in Black comic book that served as the basis for the Men in Black movies.

Elizabeth Barks Cox attended UT Knoxville in 1960-61 and also attended UT Chattanooga before receiving the bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi in 1964. She is the author of novels Familiar Ground, The Ragged Way People Fall out of Love, The Slow Moon, and Night Talk. Night Talk won the 1998 Lillian Smith Book [...]