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The Educators Hall of Honor

Nominations for the Educators Hall of Honor 2008

The College of Education, Health and Human Sciences is taking nominations for new Hall of Honor inductees now through March 31, 2008.

The inductees will be honored during a ceremony May 14, 2008.

For more information, please contact Ms. Blue Dean, CEHHS Development, bluedean@utk.edu or 865-9743968.

Educators Hall of Honor

Through the Educators Hall of Honor, individuals can simultaneously honor their favorite educators and make a tax-deductible contribution to the scholarship endowment fund.

Plaques in the Educators Hall of Honor are engraved with the names of teachers and other educators who have had a profound impact on the lives of students and their professional colleagues. The plaques line the hall of Claxton Complex, beginning at the Dean’s suite and continuing down the hall toward Claxton Addition and in the hallway on the next floor.

For a contribution of $1000, a name and identifying phrase will appear on the Hall of Honor, and an entry into a companion book or video with additional material will be included. For a contribution of $25,000 or more, a separate scholarship endowment fund bearing the honoree’s or donor’s name may be established. Donors’ names will also appear in the companion book or video unless they specify anonymity.

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2007

In 2007, six new honorees were added to the CEHHS Educators Hall of Honor including the teachers of Greeneville & Greene Co.  The individual inductees included Johnnye M. Kennedy, teacher, Vonore, TN; Clarence (Ed) Roeske, professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Frances Williams Garner, teacher, Lenoir City Schools, Tennessee; John R. Ray, professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Cynthia Pollard Lyon, teacher and administrator, Fulton County, Georgia Schools.

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2006

In 2006, seven new honorees were added to the CEHHS Educators Hall of Honor. The new inductees included Billie Linginfelter Cannon, retired educator, Knoxville City Schools; Marla P. Peterson, retired professor in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, UTK; and W. Elmer Raper, retired teachers, coach, administrator, and professor at MTSU.

Those who were honored posthumously were Ted W. Hipple, professor, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, UTK; Ruth Stephens, professor, College of Liberal Arts, UTK; Charles L. Thompson, professor, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, UTK; and Sammye J. Wynn, teacher, Knoxville City School, and professor, UTK.

2005

Four individuals were inducted into the Educators Hall of Honor in 2005: Dr. Lawrence M. DeRidder, Dr. Kermit J. Blank, Willie Mae Wilson, and the late Sarah Simpson. Among those attending the Hall of Honor ceremony on May 10, 2005, were, left to right, Melissa Santorum, daughter of honoree Sarah Simpson; Dr. Larry DeRidder; Barbara Wilson Higgs, representing her mother, Willie Mae Wilson; Dr. Kermit J. Blank; CEHHS Dean Bob Rider; and Jennifer Grehan, daughter of Sarah Simpson.

 

2004

On May 11, 2004, the third class of the Educators Hall of Honor was inducted. This class included Carolyn Hatmaker Cox, Teacher and Assistant Principal/Curriculum, Campbell County High School; E. Dale Doak, Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville ; William Poppen, Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the late Beth Kent, Teacher, Knox County Schools.

For more information, contact the Development Office at 865-974-3968 or email the Director of Development.
 

2003

The second class was inducted on May 13, 2003. This class included Patsy Hammontree, Professor of English, The University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences; Joseph E. Johnson, President Emeritus, The University of Tennessee; Reba Davis Williams, Retired Teacher, Newport Grammar School; and the late George A. Finchum, Teacher, Professor, and Administrator, East Tennessee State University.

Charter Class - 2002

Twenty members of the charter class were inducted into the Educators Hall of Honor on May15, 2002. They were as follows: Donna Parrott, Sequoyah Elementary, Knoxville, Tennessee; Katherine Davis Moore, Tyson Junior High, Knoxville, Tennessee; Alice M. Litwinchuk, Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; the late R. Patricia Trickey, Springside School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth A. Roy, Adaptive Education Center, Knoxville, Tennessee; Dan R. Quarles, Professor, UT College of Education; Rita Methvin Doak, Central High School, Knoxville, Tennessee; Lillie Frank Fitzgerald, Bradley Central High, Cleveland, Tennessee; the late Andrew D. Holt, President, The University of Tennessee; the late Ira N. Chiles, Professor, UT College of Education; C. Glennon Rowell, Dean, UT College of Education; Mattie H. Campen, Cedar Bluff School, Knoxville, Tennessee; Thomas W. George, Associate Dean, UT College of Education; Lynn C. Cagle, Associate Dean, UT College of Education; M. Vere DeVault, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Henrietta A. Grant, Oak Ridge & Knox County Schools, Tennessee; Becky Little, Farragut Middle School, Knoxville, Tennessee; the late Helen Giffin Headlee, Loudon County Schools, Tennessee; Teachers & Administrators, 2001, Loudon County Schools, Tennessee; the late Lindsey E. Cagle, Principal, Granite Fall, North Carolina.

Contact CEHHS

335 Claxton Complex 1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Phone: 865-974-2201
Fax: 865-974-8718