Norman C. Gaddis (1947) is a retired Air Force brigadier general. He was deputy director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Condessa Curley (2004) is vice president and chief medical officer of Project Africa, which provides medical, educational, and humanitarian services to the people of Africa.  She is a faculty member at the University of Southern California family practice residency program and a faculty scholar of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care. As a [...]

Lurita Doan (1983) became administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration in 2006. She is the first woman to head the federal procurement and property management agency. She is former president and CEO of New Technology Management Inc.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (1978) is counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform. She is the former administrator of the Federal Health Care Financing Administration. She was the university’s first female Rhodes Scholar and the first female president of the Student Government Association at Knoxville. She was Tennessee commissioner [...]

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. (1970) is chairman of O’Melveny & Myers, an international law firm of more than 900 lawyers. From 1987 to 1989, he was chief White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution and general counsel to the John F. Kennedy [...]

Lt. Gen. John Bradley (1967) is chief of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve command.

Victor Ashe (1974) was appointed in 2004 to be U.S. ambassador to Poland. He is a former mayor of Knoxville (1988-2003) and member of the Tennessee General Assembly. He was president of the National Conference of Mayors in 1994.

Heath Shuler (2001) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. He is a former quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers.

Robert (Bob) Corker is a U.S. senator from Tennessee and former mayor of Chattanooga. He also served as Tennessee commissioner of finance and administration.