B. Tom Collins (1965) is a music executive. The first track he produced was Ronnie Malsap’s Where My Heart Is. He was musical director for the Barbara Mandrell Show. In 1982, he established Collins Music, and the company has received more than 100 BMI and ASCAP awards for its songs. In 1991, Collins Music acquired [...]

Dixie V. Carter attended UT from 1957 to 1959. She was best known for her role in the television series Family Law and Designing Women. She also has appeared in many plays, authored a book, and produced two fitness videos. Ms. Carter passed away on April 10, 2010.

Deanna Kay Carter (1989) won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1997 for “Strawberry Wine.” She has had three number one country singles.

Paige Braddock (1985) is the creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Jane’s World. She was a protégé of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. Braddock earned a fine arts degree from UT Knoxville.

Marilou Awiakta (1958) has received international recognition for her writing, which blends her Cherokee and Appalachian heritage with science. A quote from her third book, Selu: Seeking the Cornmother’s Wisdom is engraved in the River Wall of the Bicentennial Mall in Nashville; a poem from Selu appears on the Fine Arts Walkway at the University [...]

Edith Evans Asbury (1924) began a 52-year journalism career in 1929. She served on the staff of the Cincinnati Times Star, The Knoxville News Sentinel, The New York Post, Collier’s, the New York World Telegram and Sun, and for 29 years, The New York Times.
Major stories she covered for The New York Times included Soviet [...]

Kathryn Arnold (1975) has been editor of the national magazine Yoga Journal since 1998. She previously worked for Working Woman and Savvy magazines.

Charles Scott Abbott (1978) is one of the two originators of the board game Trivial Pursuit. In January 1980, he and Chris Haney, along with John Haney and Ed Werner, formed Horn Abbot Ltd. to manufacture and sell the game. The first sets were sold in Canada in 1981.