{"id":17657,"date":"2017-06-06T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=17657"},"modified":"2017-10-12T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:21:03","slug":"longtime-utc-professor-musician-booker-t-scruggs-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/longtime-utc-professor-musician-booker-t-scruggs-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime UTC professor, musician Booker T. Scruggs dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Along with being a talented clarinetist, Booker T. Scruggs was an adjunct professor of sociology at UTC from 1969 until his death on Monday.<\/p><\/div>\n

Booker T. Scruggs, a longtime member of the UTC community and the Chattanooga music world, died Monday. He was 74.<\/p>\n

He fell ill on Sunday while playing with the Booker T. Scruggs Ensemble at St. Luke United Methodist Church and passed away in Memorial Hospital<\/p>\n

Along with being a talented clarinetist, Booker T. Scruggs was an adjunct professor of sociology at UTC from 1969 until his death on Monday.Scruggs was an adjunct professor of sociology in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies from 1969 until his death.<\/p>\n

A talented clarinetist, he released many albums and played in several groups over the years. He has performed at dozens of jazz and gospel events in the Chattanooga area as well as performances across the U.S. and in Europe.<\/p>\n

He was a 1960 graduate of Howard High School and was one of the Howard students who staged sit-ins at lunch counters around Chattanooga that same year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBooker T. Scruggs was dedicated to education and social justice,\u201d says Dr. Pamela Ashmore, department head and professor of biological anthropology in Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n

Several people have left comments on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n