Several alumni from The University of Chattanooga and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have recently received recognition for their accomplishments. On behalf of the UTC community, we would like to congratulate those below.
General B.B. Bell Retires After a Distinguished Career
After an illustrious career in the United States Army, Four-Star General Burwell B. Well (UTC ‘69), the 2003 UTC Distinguished Alumnus recipient, stepped down after nearly four decades of service. Bell, pictured above with UTC Executive Assistant to the Chancellor Terry Denniston, was honored during a retirement ceremony at Fort Knox, Kentucky on Monday, June 9, 2008.
Born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Bell began his career for the Army as a participant in the R.O.T.C. program while attending The University of Chattanooga. After graduating in 1969, he rose through the ranks serving in various commands across the globe until being appointed to his last position as Commander of the U.S. Forces and United Nations and Combined Forces Command in Korea. Bell is planning on retiring back home in Chattanooga and has vowed to be in the stands leading the cheers for his alma mater.
Cranford Receives Top Boys and Girls Club Honors
This past May, executives and professionals from Boys & Girls Clubs around the nation met for the 102nd Annual National Conferencein San Francisco. During the conference Michael Cranford (’74), a current member of the UTC Alumni Board of Directors, was presented the Tom G. Garth Character and Courage Award, the most prestigious award a BGC professional staff person can receive.
In an assembly of 3,000 BGC friends and colleagues, Cranford graciously accepted his award, which is given to a top professional for demonstrating the qualities of character and courage. The Thomas G. Garth Character and Courage Award was created in memory of the former Boys and Girls Club of America president and is presented each year to a club professional, who best exemplifies the qualities and character that made Mr. Garth an extraordinary leader and role model during his decades of service to the organization.
Three Chattanooga Athletes Inducted Into the Lookout Mountain Hall of Fame
Three former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student-athletes will be inducted into the Lookout Mountain Hall of Fame in August. Tennis great Marilyn Voges Brown (’61 UC, far right above), three-sport star Bob Klein (’37 UC, left) and football player Buck Stamps (’53 UC, center) were selected for the 2008 class by a vote of the Lookout Mountain Memorial Community Center Board.
Voges Brown played tennis for the University of Chattanooga on the men’s team. A four-year starter from 1958-61, she played mainly at No. 2 singles. Voted the 1959 UC Homecoming Queen, her tennis career led her to jobs as a teaching professional at the Lookout Mountain Playground for 25 years and as the tennis coach at Girls Preparatory School. She is a member of the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame, the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame.
Klein played football for UC from 1933 to 1935 and earned All-America honors two times and All-Dixie Conference accolades three times. Klein also played basketball and competed in track and field. He was a two-time Athlete of the Year at the state college track and field meet and won state track titles in the 100-yard dash and the broad jump and twice in the discus.
A former employee of Chattem, Klein, who passed away a few years ago, is a member of the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame and the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame and was selected to the UC/UTC All-Century Football Team in 2003.
Stamps was a running back for UC from 1950 to 1952. But it was his administrative skills which landed him the Lookout Mountain honor. Stamps served as the Recreation Director at Lookout Mountain School and the Lookout Mountain Playground for 40 years. He received the Walt Lauter Award for lifetime service in sports from the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame. He passed away in March, 2008.
Roger Dickson to be Included in Chambers USA
Roger W. Dickson (’67 UC) serves in the law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC based in Chattanooga with a focus on complex commercial disputes, white collar crime, personal injury and products liability. The Chambers USA - America’s Lawyers for Business, 2008 is a listing of top lawyers across the United States and inclusion is based on peer recognition.
