{"id":19106,"date":"2017-10-11T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=19106"},"modified":"2017-12-01T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:55:24","slug":"state-legislature-memorializes-wolford-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/state-legislature-memorializes-wolford-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"State legislature memorializes Wolford with proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Left to right) Melissa Wolford, Clint Wolford, UT President Joe DiPietro, Diane Wolford, State Sen. Bo Watson, Lindsay Wolford, Chad Wolford and UTC Chancellor Steve Angle stand with a proclamation in memory of Bucky Wolford before the UC Foundation meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

James \u201cBucky\u201d Wolford \u201969, a UTC Distinguished Alumnus Award winner and former chair of the University of Chattanooga Foundation, was remembered Wednesday with a proclamation by the Tennessee General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson \u201984 presented the proclamation to members of the Wolford family at the beginning of a meeting of the UC Foundation board.<\/p>\n

\u201cBucky loved this University, and I know that he is up there smiling down on us today,\u201d said Diane Wolford \u201969.<\/p>\n

The proclamation reads in part: \u201cWhereas, an accomplished member of his profession and a respected leader in his community, Mr. Wolford is a Tennessean of whom we can all be proud, and it is highly appropriate that the members of this legislative body should recognize his laudable service to this State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolford died on September 1, 2017, after a lengthy illness. Read more about Wolford.<\/a><\/p>\n