OCTOBER 11, 2019

THE COLLEGE

OF COMMUNICATION

AND INFORMATION

FIFTIETH

ANNIVERSARY

Gala

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Today we celebrate our College’s 50th anniversary, and it is my pleasure to welcome you to tonight’s festivities. Thanks to the incredible work of dedicated faculty, staff, students, alumni and administrators, the College of Communication and Information continues to grow and prosper.

Since its inception in 1969, the College has enriched the communication and information professions by fulfilling our mission to educate students, conduct cutting edge research and creative work and serve our communities. We embrace the values of intellectual pursuit, honesty and integrity, diversity and inclusion, international and intercultural awareness, and other core ideals of the University of Tennessee in the land-grant tradition as we send our graduates into the world.

This special College has had a profound impact on all of us and the Communications Building/Circle Park is “hallowed ground.” As you look through this commemorative program, you’ll see the names of many “CCI greats,” both past and present. We are an integral part of the Volunteer family and a significant part of the greatness of this 225-year-old institution.

Our outstanding alumni have done remarkable things in their professions and epitomize the VOLunteer spirit in their communities. You inspire all of us — students, faculty and staff — to strive for excellence in everything we do. The work of building a world class college is never done. Thanks to your continued help and support, CCI will continue its ascent over the next 50 years as a premiere College of Communication and Information.

Go Vols and Go CCI!

Mike Wirth, Dean

Welcome

PREVIOUS COLLEGE DEANSDeWitt C. Reddick1969-70Donald G. Hileman1970-84

Kelly Leiter1985-90Dwight L. Teeter Jr.1991-2002

Faye D. Julian2002-05

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ProgramOPENING REMARKS

Anne Holt Blackburn & Josh Smith

DINNERFarmers Market Garden Salad | Sliced Beef Tenderloin |

Jumbo Shrimp | Eggplant & Tomato Napoleon | Smashed Rosemary Red Potatoes | Green Beans & Blistered Basil

Herb Tomatoes | Warm Rolls | Chocolate Cake | Salted Caramel Apple Napoleon

DINNER MUSICCellist Eric Aguilar, Harpist Anne Jackson

CCI ALUMNI AND FACULTY AWARDS Anne Holt Blackburn, Josh Smith & Dean Mike Wirth

VOCAL PERFORMANCE Angelia Onuoha

CELEBRATING THE COLLEGE’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

CCI DECADES TORCH CEREMONY

WELCOME AND REMARKS Dean Mike Wirth & Provost David Manderscheid

KEYNOTE ADDRESSAlan Murray, President and CEO, FORTUNE

VOCAL PERFORMANCEAngelia Onuoha

ALUMNI STORIES

CLOSING REMARKS Anne Holt Blackburn & Josh Smith

VOCAL PERFORMANCE UT Singers

Music and dancing, featuring Just a Few Cats, to immediately follow

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Josh Smith is the evening news anchor on WJHL-TV News Channel 11 in Johnson City. A native of the Tri-Cities, he is celebrating his 20th year with the station, having previously served for a decade as the morning news anchor.

His family roots go deep in the region, and he’s traveled through almost every part of it covering news on local TV since 1995.

Anne Holt Blackburn was one of 13 children born to a family of sharecroppers in West Tennessee. She graduated from UT in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and worked for WKRN-News 2 in Nashville for 40 years, serving as primary news anchor from 1980 to 2017.

She has received many awards and honors, including eight Emmys, the George Foster Peabody Award for the investigative documentary Under the Influence, and the 2007 Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement—the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ highest honor. She was also the first recipient of the CCI Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award. The first woman, the first African American, and the first news anchor to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, Blackburn was inducted into the first class of the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame in 2013.

Blackburn served on the CCI Board of Visitors (1990–2007) and the UT Board of Trustees (2007–2013). She has led News 2’s partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and served on many charitable boards, including Book ‘em, Leadership Nashville, Cumberland Valley Girl Scouts, the Middle Tennessee March of Dimes, Inroads/Nashville, and the United Way of Middle Tennessee.

MASTERS OF CEREMONY

ANNE HOLT BLACKBURN

JOSH SMITH

JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA ‘73

JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA ‘94

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1969The BeginningThe College of Communications was founded and housed in the newly constructed Communications and University Extension Building. The Department of Advertising was also founded.

pre-1969Before the BeginningThe foundations of CCI started well before the founding of the college. Rhetoric, a cornerstone of communication studies, was among the first courses offered at Blount College, the forerunner to the University of Tennessee.

Journalism got its start in 1904 with the founding of The Orange and White school newspaper, which later became The Daily Beacon. The university began offering journalism courses in 1923, advertising courses in 1924, library science in 1928, and public relations in 1932. Departments and schools emerged as more courses were offered.

1970We’re Live in 5...4...3...2...1The Department of Broadcasting was established. That year, the college also granted its first Master of Science degree. In 1977, the college awarded its first doctoral degree.

1971-72Long-Distance LibrariansAn independent Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences began in 1971. The next year, the school offered its first distance-education courses, a tradition continuing to this day with its online MSIS degree.

1982On the AirwavesWUTK began broadcasting. First known as Album 90, the station later became the first in Knoxville to play music from such bands as U2, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Metallica.

View an expanded timeline online at cci.utk.edu

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1994Turning 25To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the college established the Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award, which is given annually.

1997A Growing CollegeThe Speech Communication Department joined the college.

2003Officially “CCI”Information Sciences became part of the college, which was renamed the College of Communication and Information with four schools: Advertising & Public Relations, Communication Studies, Information Sciences, and Journalism & Electronic Media.

2007Research CenteredThe CCI-wide research center renamed Center for Information and Communication Studies, originally established by Information Sciences in 1989.

2009-PresentExpanding ServicesThanks to generous gifts, CCI has invested more than $4 million to upgrade its learning and research spaces since 2009, including the Scripps Convergence Lab, the Larry Patrick Auditorium, the Adam Brown Social Media Command Center, the User-eXperience Lab, and the Message Effects Lab.

2015Documentarians The documentary journalism program, Land Grant Films, was founded. The group is currently working on a film called The Library That Dolly Built, which chronicles Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

2019Five MajorsThe undergraduate major in Information Sciences was established, increasing CCI’s major offerings to five.

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2019 CCI FACULTY AWARDS

XIAOHUA (AWA) ZHUFACULTY TEACHING AWARD

BARB KAYEFACULTY RESEARCH AWARD

VANDANA SINGHFACULTY SERVICE/ OUTREACH AWARD

DEVENDRA POTNISC.W. (BUD) MINKEL INTERNATIONAL/

INTERCULTURAL AWARD

SHARON TOEDTEOUTSTANDING LECTURER

TEACHING AWARD

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PREVIOUS CCI FACULTY AWARD WINNERS

FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDYear Recipient2018 Moonhee Cho2017 Beth Foster2016 Wade Bishop2015 Amber Roessner2014 Jin Seong Park2013 Courtney Wright2012 Erin Whiteside2010 Beth Foster2009 Mariea G. Hoy2008 Michael J. Palenchar2007 Lisa T. Fall2007 Dania Bilal2006 Catherine A. Luther2005 Dwight L. Teeter, Jr.2004 Barbara K. Kaye2003 Michael Hoefges2003 Dania Bilal2002 Mark D. Harmon2001 Sally J. McMillan2000 Mark E. Littmann2000 Daniel J. Foley1999 Ronald E. Taylor1998 Charles E. Caudill1997 Mariea G. Hoy1996 Benjamin J. Bates1995 Ronald E. Taylor1994 Mariea G. Hoy1993 Dorothy A. Bowles1992 Dhyana Ziegler1991 Susan M. Caudill1990 Charles E. Caudill1989 Herbert H. Howard1988 Charles E. Caudill1987 Herbert H. Howard1986 Paul G. Ashdown1985 M. Mark Miller1984 Herbert H. Howard

FACULTY TEACHING AWARDYear Recipient2018 Nick Geidner2017 Rachel Fleming-May2016 Carolyn Hank2015 Robyn Blakeman2014 Abbey Levenshus2013 Laura Miller2012 Rachel Fleming-May2011 Elizabeth Hendrickson2010 Courtney C. Childers2009 Mark E. Littmann2008 Kenneth J. Levine2007 Carolyn R. Lepre2007 Daniel M. Haygood2006 William C. Robinson2006 John W. Haas2005 Suzanne L. Allard2004 Lisa T. Fall2003 Margie Morrison2002 Candace L. White2001 Bonnie P. Riechert2000 Mark D. Harmon1999 J. Eric Haley

1999 Margie Morrison1998 Candace L. White1997 Mariea G. Hoy1996 Margie Morrison1995 Bonnie L. Hufford1994 Jerry L. Morrow1993 J. Eric Haley1992 Paul G. Ashdown1991 Robert B. Heller1990 Michael J. Stankey1989 Herbert H. Howard1988 Dhyana Ziegler1988 George C. Johnson1987 Bonnie L. Hufford1986 DeForrest Jackson1985 Jerry L. Morrow1985 Ronald E. Taylor1984 DeForrest Jackson1983 Paul G. Ashdown

FACULTY SERVICE/OUTREACH AWARDYear Recipient2018 Courtney Childers2017 Candace White2016 Lisa Fall2015 Rob Heller2014 Michael J. Palenchar2013 Bharat Mehra2011 Michael J. Palenchar2010 Mark D. Harmon2009 Michael J. Palenchar2008 Lisa T. Fall2007 Bharat Mehra2007 J. Eric Haley2006 Naeemah Clark2005 Candace L. White

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TEACHING AWARDYear Recipient2017 Courtney Childers2015 Kimberly Douglass2013 Elizabeth Hendrickson2012 Peiling Wang2010 Vandana Singh2006 Bharat Mehra2005 Kendra S. Albright2004 Dorothy A. Bowles2003 Gretchen Whitney2002 Robert B. Heller2001 Sally J. McMillan2000 Benjamin J. Bates1999 Dorothy A. Bowles

LECTURER AWARDYear Recipient2018 Megan Fields2017 Stephen Bales2016 Lisa Gary2015 Pete Finch2014 Melanie Faizer2013 Suzy Prentiss2010 Michelle E. Garland2010 Sharon L. Toedte2009 Lisa B. Gary2008 Thomasena F. Shaw2007 Andrew C. Tollison2005 Laura Arnett Smith2005 Thomasena F. Shaw2005 Lisa B. Gary

C.W. (BUD) MINKEL INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL AWARDYear Recipient2018 Laura Miller2017 Mark Harmon2016 Candace White2015 Sam Swan2013 Kenneth Levine2009 Edwin M. Cortez2008 Catherine A. Luther2007 Robert B. Heller2002 C.W. (Bud) Minkel

EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AWARDYear Recipient2013 Dwight Teeter2010 Sally J. McMillan2009 Edward A. Spray2006 Gregory D. Reed2005 Douglas Raber2005 James A. Crook2004 Barbara A. Moore2003 Patricia L. Fisher2003 M. Mark Miller2003 Michael Singletary2002 J. Eric Haley2001 Robert W. Glenn2001 James A. Crook2000 M. Mark Miller1999 Herbert H. Howard1998 Roxanne Hovland1997 Dorothy A. Bowles1996 George A. Everett

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2019 CCI ALUMNI AWARDS

LESLIE OSBORNE (‘97)ADVERTISING

Founder & CEO,Watauga Group/

CyBear Interactive

GRAHAM THOMAS (‘08)COMMUNICATION STUDIESDirector of Engagement &

Partnerships,tnAchives

ZOE HOYLE (MS ‘94)INFORMATION SCIENCES

Science Writer/Editor (retired),U.S. Forest Service Southern

Research Station

ED PATTERSON (‘89)PUBLIC RELATIONS

Vice President of Communications (former)

Madison Square Garden Co.

SHARRIE WILLIAMS (‘01)JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC

MEDIANews Anchor

WPVI-TV, 6ABC Philadelphia

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ADVERTISING Year Recipient 2018 Curtis Rose (‘03) 2017 Erin Hauck (‘07) 2016 Erik Izo (‘87) 2015 Adam Brown (‘94) 2014 Dana McCullough (‘95) 2013 Kevin Kirksey (‘98)

COMMUNICATION STUDIES Year Recipient 2018 Heather Fasano (MS ‘15, BA ‘12) 2017 Amy Harp Donahue (MS ‘11, BA ‘09) 2016 Tiffany M. Haverly (‘08) 2015 Elizabeth Clement Webb (‘03) 2014 Tyler Summitt (‘13) 2013 Dean Rice (‘94)

INFORMATION SCIENCES Year Recipient 2018 Sandra Treadway, PhD (MS ‘07) 2017 Kendra Albright (PhD ‘02, MS ‘85) 2016 Gloria Sharrar (MS ‘82) 2015 Danuta Nitecki, PhD (MS ‘76) 2014 Marcellus Turner (‘88) 2013 Shali Zhang, PhD (MS ‘88)

JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA Year Recipient 2018 Frank Gibson (‘76) 2017 Steve Dean (‘74) 2016 Knight Stivender (‘99) 2015 Tori Blase (‘93) 2014 Viola Gienger (‘84) 2013 Dean Littleton (‘92)

PUBLIC RELATIONS Year Recipient 2018 Rebecca Huckaby (MS ‘03) 2017 Kellie Davie (‘11) 2016 Tiffany Utsman Carpenter (‘96) 2015 Ellen Liston (‘84) 2014 Isaac Wright (‘03) 2013 Mary Beth West (‘94)

PREVIOUS CCI ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS

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Nannette Baker began her career as a broadcast journalist before making an about-face and entering the legal profession. Today she serves as chief magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis.

Baker was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to parents who were educators. Her father was on the faculty at Tuskegee Institute until she was five, when the family moved to Liberia as part of a U.S. Agency for International Development effort to establish teacher training schools. Her mother homeschooled her for the five years they were in Liberia. Baker graduated from UT’s College of Communication and Information in 1978 and spent more than a decade as a television news reporter, anchor, and talk show host in Knoxville, Memphis, and St. Louis.

In the early 1990s, Baker decided to shift careers. After graduating from the St. Louis University School of Law in 1994, she served as a judicial law clerk for Odell Horton, a federal judge in Memphis. She worked as a defense lawyer with the St. Louis firm Lashly & Baer and later moved to Schlichter Bogard & Denton, where she represented railroad workers who had suffered on-the-job injuries.

In 1999, Baker became a circuit court judge in the City of St. Louis. Five years later, she moved to the Missouri Court of Appeals, becoming the first African American woman to serve as chief judge of the Court of Appeals in 2008. She was appointed to the federal court in 2011.

Baker is a board member of many legal societies and has received numerous accolades. She has served as a member of the UT Alumni Association’s Board of Governors and the CCI Board of Visitors. She received UT Knoxville’s Alumni Professional Achievement Award in 2016.

2019 DONALD G. HILEMAN AWARD

THE HONORABLE NANNETTE BAKERJOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA ‘78

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2018 Stephen Land

2017 Martha Rogers

2016 Cathy Ackermann

2015 Mark McNeely

2014 Sharon Price John

2013 Charlie Tombras

2012 Alexia Poe

2011 Alan D. Wilson

2010 Alan Greenberg

2009 Faye Julian

2008 John Noble Wilford

2007 Peyton Manning

2006 The Honorable John J. Duncan Jr.

2005 Karen Brown Dunlap

2004 H. Wayne Hudson

2002 Monica J. Langley

2001 Thomas B. Ballard

2000 Susan G. Barnes

1999 Richard Marius

1998 Gill Duff

1997 Gordon A. Glover, Robert E. Selwyn,

M.J. Wyatt

1996 Steven A. Holland, Stephen D. Reese,

Danny Wendell

1995 Sarah Booth Conroy, W. Lawrence Patrick

1994 Anne Holt, Dwayne Summar,

Bruce Vanden Bergh

PREVIOUS HILEMAN AWARD WINNERS

2019 Elizabeth Longmire2018 Justin Crawford2015 Cierra Burdick Kelsey Keny Rilwan Balogun2014 Diane Tate Kristen Barnett2012 Courtney Vick2010 Jamil Price2009 Rachel Edwards2008 Blake Brown2007 Ashley Yeager2006 Lauren Binkley2005 Rachel Parsons Nall2004 Brandon Long Jessica Hinch2002 Tiffani Saxton Bradford Bricken2001 Laura Lefler Herzog1996 Leah Sparks Amanda Biggers Leach

1993 Levita Mondie1991 Molly Lee Eddins1989 Melanie Woods1988 Janette Benson1985 Brian Gregory1984 William McCaskill Jr.1982 Melissa Mashburn Parker1982 Ed Ingle1980 Monica Langley1978 Barbara Ward Nancy Sharp Voith1975 Mae Jean Go Martin Covert Marilyn Denney Blankenship1973 Karen Welch Bohr1965 Lynda Leftwich Newton1964 E. Wallene Threadgill Leek1961 B. Dwayne Summar1958 Sammie Lynn Puett

TORCHBEARER AWARD WINNERS

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDYear Recipient2018 Chris Grabenstein (JEM ’77)2017 Peyton Manning (CS ’97)* 2016 Sharon Price John (AD ’86)* 2015 Alan Wilson (JEM ’80)* 2014 Alan Greenberg (AD ’72)2012 Larry Patrick (MS C&I ’73)*2010 John Cullum (BA CS ’53)*

ALUMNI PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDYear Recipient2019 Marshall Ramsey (Marketing ‘91)2017 Charlie Tombras (AD ’64)2016 Nannette Baker (JEM ’78)2014 David Bohan (Marketing ’70)2011 Karen Brown Dunlap (PhD C&I)

ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDYear Recipient2019 Ed Ingle (PR ’83)2018 Greg Cox (MS ‘96; BS ’95 Acct.)2017 Martha “Missy” Wallen (CS ’74)2014 Anne Holt Blackburn (JEM ’73)

ALUMNI PROMISE AWARDYear Recipient2019 Monica Abbott (CS ’08) Dane Bradshaw (JEM ’06)2018 Erin Hauck (AD ’07)2017 Sharrie Williams (JEM ’01)2016 Shannon Driver (JEM ’99)2015 Rachel Ramsey Cruze (CS ’10) Rich Middlemas (JEM ’97)2014 Dan Hellie (JEM ’97)

CCI DIVERSITY AWARD WINNERS2019 Arnold Cohen2018 Cylk Cozart2017 Harold Middlebrook2016 Lelan Statom (JEM ‘86)2015 Tom Kim2014 Robin Wilhoit2013 Madeline Rogero2012 Avon W. Rollins Sr.2011 Jose Aponte2019 Phyllis Y. Nichols2009 Theotis Robinson Jr.

DR. MARVA RUDOLPH DIVERSITY & INTERCULTURALISM UNIT EXCELLENCE AWARD2014 College of Communication & Information

UT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD2012 Lisa Fall2004 Mariea Hoy2000 Candace White Roy Ambrester1991 Paul Ashdown1989 Michael Stankey1986 DeForrest Jackson1977 Sherilyn Zeigler1976 Richard Joel Paul Soper1973 Bernard Leiter

UT CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY AWARDSMacebearer2019 Carol Tenopir2003 Paul Ashdown

Alexander Prize2000 Paul Ashdown

Thomas Jefferson Prize2005 Dorothy Bowles

Extraordinary Service to the University Award2009 John Haas

Extraordinary Community Service Award2015 Lisa Fall2007 Mark Harmon

UT Notable Woman Award2012 Catherine Luther2005 Candace White

Angie Warren Perkins Award2011 Candace White

Ready for the World Award2015 Sam Swan

* Also named a top 100 UT Alum by Tennessee Alumnus Magazine

CCI ASSOCIATED UT KNOXVILLE AWARD WINNERS

2018 Dr. Reggie Murphy (‘94, ‘98)2016 Michael McCloud (’90)2015 Charles Scott Abbott (’78) Karen Maier (’74)2014 Sharrie Williams (‘01)2013 Paul Finebaum (’78) (Political Science) Wendell Potter (’73)2012 Woody Paige

2011 Mike Keith (’91) (Political Science)2010 Brent Hubbs (’96) Nannette Baker (’78)2009 Beldina Auma (’85) Chris Grabenstein (’77) Lelan Statom (’86) Alan Wilson (’80) Gene Wojciechowski (’79)

UT ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNI AWARDSCCI PRESENTED | SINCE 2009

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DEANMike Wirth

ASSOCIATE DEANSSuzie AllardVirginia Kupritz

ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONSSally McMillan, Int. DirectorRobyn BlakemanCourtney ChildersMoonhee ChoElizabeth FosterEric HaleyDerrick HollandMariea HoyMichael PalencharMatthew PittmanSharon ToedteCandace WhiteSifan Xu

COMMUNICATION STUDIESJohn Haas, DirectorJill BergeronQuinten S. BernholdKathy BraunBrad CaseJenny CrowleyCathy CuevasMegan FieldsHoward GrowerKristin HaunSarah HuffLorna KeathleyMichael KotowskiVirginia KupritzChioma Marbrey

Nicholas MeadeLaura MillerEmily PaskewitzMacy PearsonSuzanne PrentissJoan RentschMichelle ViolantiJason WeaverMelissa WeaverAnnette WinstonDajung (DJ) WooCourtney Wright

INFORMATION SCIENCESDiane Kelly, DirectorSuzie AllardDania BilalWade BishopCarolyn HankBrian DobreskiRachel Fleming-MayDevendra PotnisVandana SinghCarol TenopirPeiling WangCindy WelchXiaohua (Awa) Zhu

JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIACatherine Luther, DirectorJulie AndsagerStuart N. BrotmanMelanie FaizerMaria FontenotLisa GaryNicholas GeidnerMark HarmonRob HellerJoy JenkinsBarb Kaye

Bob LeggMark LittmannMichael MartinezAmber RoessnerSam SwanErin Whiteside

STAFFTanya Arnold (IS)Abigail Blankner (Advising)Betty Bradley (Advising)Sandy Cabbage (CS)Kris Christen (CICS)Jesse Cragwall (CICS)Beth Cole (CCI)Pamela Durban (IS)Clint Elmore (JEM)Amy Forrester (CICS)Mark Geller (CCI)Dan Greene (IS)Lexi Hartley (Advising)Anne Hensley (CCI)Stacey Laughlin (Advising)Jock McLerran (CCI)John McNair (CCI)Beth Meko (CICS)Marissa Mills (CICS)Rochelle Nelson (Advising)Joe Pecor (IS)Amanda Pruitt (CCI)Natalie Rice (CICS)Karli Sanders (CCI)Benny Smith (JEM)Ashleigh Stevens (JEM)Margaret Taylor (CCI)Yana Truman (JEM)Hillary Tune (IS)Rachel Volentine (CICS)Karen Zach (CICS)Lauren Ziegler (ADPR)

CURRENT FULL-TIME FACULTY & STAFF

CCI EMERITUS FACULTY

ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONSDonald Hileman Jack HaskinsRoxanne HovlandDeForrest Jackson Richard Joel Sammie Lynn Puett Ron Taylor

COMMUNICATION STUDIESFaye Julian

INFORMATION SCIENCESEdwin CortezMike PembertonGary Purcell

JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIAJune Adamson Paul Ashdown Benjamin BatesDorothy Bowles Dozier CadeEdward Caudill

James Crook George EverettPeter GrossDarrel HoltHerbert Howard John LainKelly Leiter Barbara Moore DeWitt Reddick Michael Singletary James Stovall Dwight TeeterFrank Thornburg Willis Tucker

CCI PROFESSORSHIPSBoard of Visitors Professorships: Suzie Allard, Mark Littmann, Carol TenopirChancellor’s Professors: Suzie Allard, Carol TenopirHerb Howard Distinguished Professorship: Stuart N. BrotmanHill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing: Mark LittmannDeForrest Jackson Professorship: Mariea HoyWilliam H. Swain Professorship: Virginia Kupritz

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A lifelong journalist since the age of nine, Alan Murray has been a leader in telling political and business stories to a global audience in print, digital, and television.

Murray was promoted to President and CEO of Fortune in December 2018 after serving five years as editor.

He spent 29 years at the Wall Street Journal, serving as Deputy Managing Editor, Executive Editor (online), Washington Bureau Chief, and as an award-winning columnist for his work on economics and international issues. During his time as bureau chief, his group won three Pulitzer Prizes.

In addition to print and online, Murray also has experience in broadcasting as CNBC’s Washington Bureau Chief. He also served as president of the Pew Research Center from 2012-2014.

He is the author of four books: The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management, Revolt in the Boardroom, The Wealth of Choices, and Showdown at Gucci Gulch, coauthored with Jeffrey Birnbaum. He is a member of the Gridiron Club, the New York Economics Club, and the Council on Foreign Relations, and he serves on the Governing Council of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Murray received his undergraduate degree in English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He earned his master’s in economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and completed the Stanford Executive Program. He began his journalism career with the Chattanooga Times.

FEATURED SPEAKER

ALAN MURRAY

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Cathy Ackermann Frank Ahlgren

BB&TTom and Diane Ballard

Dr. Ben Bates Karl & Madira Bickel

Karl A. Bickel Charitable Trust David & Linda Bohan

Kenneth & Francis BomarTutt & Elizabeth Bradford

Adam BrownBonnie Carroll & Roy Cooper

Amy CornJacqueline & Steven Cavnar

Myron & Josephine ChambersFrank & Betsy CostaDialog Corporation

ElsevierJudy Flanagan

Chris & Jennifer GrabensteinDrs. John & Cynthia Haas

Kenneth & Dianne Hamrick Tom & Julia Hill

Mary & Raymond HoltonHugh Hefner Foundation

Iavo Research and ScientificEd & Arezu Ingle

Barbara Goddard JohnstoneChuck & Aprill Jones

Drs. Faye & WJ JulianStephen & Nancy Land

Leslie Linebaugh Peyton ManningSuzanne Masters Edward Meeman

Hilda & Lee Murray Nashville Banner

Randy & Glenda NeelyRichard & Suzanne Ott

Dr. Larry & Susan PatrickCarol Poston

Jane & Richard Ray Janis & Dr. Bruce Robinson

Salesforce Foundation Scripps Howard Foundation

Gloria & Dave SharrarAlfred P. Sloan Foundation

Ed & Donna SprayDwayne Summar

Tennessee Press Association FoundationDrs. Carol Tenopir & Gerald Lundeen

Jana Meagher Von BramerMissy & Joe Wallen

Whittle CommunicationsJohn & Patty Williams Alan & Wendy Wilson

WIVK AM-FMDeb Woolley

Dr. Neil AdamsonAEJMC Publications

James ArmisteadSusan & John Barnes

Anne Holt & Kenny Blackburn William & Martha Boals

Karen & Fred Buchsbaum Alan Carmichael &

Cynthia MoxleyMelissa CarterJustin Clark

Coca-Cola Foundation Jeff & Lissa Copeskey

Danny DancePhil Dance

Kay DempseyEducational Media Group

Dr. Mickie EdwardsonEthics & Excellence

Journalism Fdn.ExxonMobil Foundation

Dr. Mark & Sherry FinchumFreedom Forum

Stephanie FrazierAlan & Joy Greenberg

Roger HarbAlisa Harrison

Tonya & Charles HolmesInformation Access Company

Karen Isaac

Sharon Price John Kellogg Company

Don King & Dr. Jose-Marie GriffithsKnoxville Ad Federation Knoxville News Sentinel Austin Whitfield Lee IIIWallene & Thomas Leek

Paul Lyle Karen Maier

McCormick Foundation Shelley McCoy

Wanda McMahanDrs. Sally McMillan &

James Fields Mark & Janis McNeely

Memphis Commercial Appeal Microsoft Corporation

Suzanne MolleyJim & Wendy Norvelle

Dr. Danuta NiteckiEdward ParkerTravis Parman

Patrick CommunicationsEd PattersonSandra Plant

Alexia & Charley Poe Phenise Poole

Eva PosnerCecelia Prewett & Will Nuckols

Sammie Lynn & Eugene Puett Betty & John Randt

Claude & Mary ReederRex & Theresa Repass

Kathryn RouseScripps Financial Service Ctr.Scripps Networks Interactive

Tim & Carrie Sellers Susan & Paul Siler

Steve SlagleLaura Arnett & Jeffrey Smith

Society of Professional Journalists

Avron & Daisy SpiroSteve & Shelley Spiro

Sylvia & Col. Harvey SproulDrs. Maureen Taylor &

Michael KentCharlie Tombras

Willis TuckerGeorgiana Vines

WBIR-TVMary Beth & Charles West Jerry and Sandra Whitener

John Noble Wilford H. W. Wilson Foundation, Inc.

Estate of John C. WinslowDr. Mike & Alice Wirth

Christopher WohlwendIsaac Wright

CIRCLE PARK SOCIETY$100K+ LIFETIME GIVING

BICKEL SOCIETY$25K - $99K LIFETIME GIVING

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Special Thanks

Additional Thanks: Bandit Lites, Sarah Ali, Annie Ankamah-Asamoah, Raven Bailey, Hunter Black, Grace Bosworth, Carson Burns, Jordan Carlson, Colin

Castleberry, Brooks Clark, Justin Crawford, Liza Cunningham, Max Davenport, Julia Dergunov, Destiny Derry, Jack Dickson III, Clint Elmore, Shannon Evans, Adolfo Felix, Lauren Friend, Meredith Goins, Anthony Gourgy, Anne Hensley,

Lee Hume, John Kennedy, Christian Knox, Dakota Makres, Katie Matthews, Lukas McCrary, Emily McCutcheon, John McNair, Joshua Melendez, Nicole Painter,

Anna Perry, Jasmine Rogers, Kennedy Sanders, Cory Sanning, Gracie Strange, Maria Takele, Caroline Tippit, Laken Wright, Jinru Zhang

Jana McClelland Abraham (‘01)David Bohan (‘70)

Jeffrey A. Boyd (‘92)Adam Brown (‘94)

Alan Carmichael (‘69)Bonnie Carroll (past chair)Jacqueline C. Cavnar (‘94)

Jeff Copeskey (‘82, ‘86)Amy Corn (‘88)

Snigdha Dhar (‘11)Stephanie Frazier (‘91)

Alisa Harrison (‘83)Ed Ingle (‘83, past chair)Sharon Price John (‘86)

Chuck Jones (‘83)Brad Lampley (‘96, ‘00)

Jamie Lonie (‘10)Ryan McGee (‘93)

Hilda Murray (‘76, chair)Danuta Nitecki (‘76)

Leslie Osborne (‘97)Carol Poston (‘81)

Cecelia J. Prewett (‘93)Rex L. Repass (‘77, vice chair)

Tiffani Saxton (‘02)Tim Sellers (‘88)

Andrew Shafer (‘05, ‘10)Gloria Sharrar (‘82)

Anthony Smith (‘98, ‘00)Marcellus Turner (‘88)

Martha A. (Missy) Wallen (‘74, past chair)Alaka Williams

John T. Williams (‘71, past chair)Sharrie Williams

Deb Woolley (‘70)Shali Zhang (‘88)

Honorary MemberPeyton Manning (‘97)

2019-20 CCI BOARD OF VISITORS

CCI HONORARY BOARD OF VISITORSCathy G. Ackermann (‘71)Anne Holt Blackburn (‘73)

Mark McNeely (‘70, past chair)Larry Patrick (‘73, past chair)

J. Phenise Poole (‘95)Charles Tombras (‘64)Mary Beth West (‘94)

Bonnie CarrollJacqueline Cavnar

Beth ColeMark Geller

Stephanie FrazierJohn Haas

Ed IngleHilda Murray

Cecelia PrewettAmanda PruittKarli Sanders

Sam Swan

Carol TenopirMissy Wallen

Mary Beth WestJohn Williams

Alice WirthMike Wirth

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