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David Rigby (’67) Establishes Scholarship Endowment in Memory of His Late Wife

By Yvonne Ratledge (Class of 2024) Had I not gone to the University of Tennessee, I would not have had the exciting and rewarding career that I’ve had. I want to give that same opportunity to a student in a similar position as Vickie. David Rigby (’67) In 1982, Vickie passed away after a courageous …
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Loyal to a T, a Power T

When Loyal Vols Come Together, It Ignites Something Greater than Their Sum Ryan Sowell (’11) didn’t know how he was going to find $25,000. But when one of his former UT professors had a health scare, he knew it needed to happen. Sowell visited the recovering professor emeritus, David Schumann, and left with a newfound …
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Funding Washington Fellows for the Emerging Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Georgiana Vines had encounters with Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. (for whom the Baker School is named) throughout her journalistic career. Vines developed an interest in politics and journalism as a student, even successfully running for a campus-level office, and it launched a career that carried her to the Knoxville News Sentinel. She retired after …
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