{"id":42506,"date":"2022-05-03T07:44:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42506"},"modified":"2025-03-14T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:08:20","slug":"welcome-back-former-chancellor-drinnon-visits-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/welcome-back-former-chancellor-drinnon-visits-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back: Former Chancellor Drinnon visits UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" data-attachment-id=\"42510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/welcome-back-former-chancellor-drinnon-visits-utc\/chancellor-lunch-22-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,871\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651493691&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;72&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chancellor Steven R. Angle, center, met with former UTC chancellors James Drinnon, left, and Fred Obear. Photo by Angela Foster.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chancellor Steven R. Angle, center, met with former UTC chancellors James Drinnon, left, and Fred Obear. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chancellor Steven R. Angle, center, met with former UTC chancellors James Drinnon, left, and Fred Obear. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-1024x697.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42510 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Chancellor Steven R. Angle, center, met with former UTC chancellors James Drinnon, left, and Fred Obear. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-2048x1394.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-580x395.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-610x415.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-250x170.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06-588x400.jpg 588w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Chancellor-Lunch-22-06.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chancellor Steven R. Angle, center, met with former UTC chancellors James Drinnon, left, and Fred Obear. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in nearly 40 years, former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor James Drinnon returned to the campus where he once physically resided.<\/p>\n<p>Drinnon, who served as chancellor from 1973 through 1981, visited the University on May 2. He spent time with Chancellor Steven R. Angle and the chancellor who succeeded him, Fred Obear; had the opportunity to see\u2014for the first time\u2014his oil on canvas portrait that hangs alongside the other University leaders in the Roth Grand Reading Room in the UTC Library; received a tour of campus, both from ground level and the top floor of the library; and met for an oral history project with University Archivist Noah Lasley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing what\u2019s been done since I left,\u201d Drinnon said. \u201cIt\u2019s a shock to tell you the truth; it\u2019s much larger than it was when I was chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to know that I was a part of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at its beginnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How much has the University changed since he was the UTC leader?<\/p>\n<p>Drinnon was the last chancellor to live in the on-campus residence at 605 Oak St., now the home of the Development Office. That building was the next-door neighbor of the football field where Chamberlain Field sits.<\/p>\n<p>He moved the chancellor\u2019s residence to a Lookout Mountain site during his tenure at the University\u2019s helm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42509\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"42509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/welcome-back-former-chancellor-drinnon-visits-utc\/p16877coll17_7_full\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1068,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oil on canvas portrait of Chancellor James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Oil on canvas portrait of Chancellor James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Oil on canvas portrait of Chancellor James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-854x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full.jpg\" alt=\"Oil on canvas portrait of Chancellor James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-1281x1536.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-1708x2048.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-580x695.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-610x731.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-167x200.jpg 167w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/p16877coll17_7_full-334x400.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil on canvas portrait of Chancellor James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now in his 80s, Drinnon was 34 years old when he came to UTC as interim chancellor in 1973. He was officially named chancellor in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to UTC, he was the vice president for administration for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he had worked in various positions since 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Drinnon sat down for nearly an hour with Lasley, who\u2014as part of an oral history project\u2014has been meeting with notable former University personnel for audio recording sessions since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Drinnon was chancellor during an immense amount of change for UTC,\u201d Lasley said. \u201cThere were 35 new degree programs offered during his tenure as chancellor, nine of which were at the master\u2019s level, and UTC grew at a huge rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student population when Drinnon arrived in the early \u201970s was about 4,500. By the time he left, it was about 7,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chancellor\u2019s Roundtable was an initiative that Dr. Drinnon started,\u201d Lasley noted. \u201cThe Brock Scholar program started in 1979 under his administration. So there are things still part of the UTC that we know today that started during his time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lasley and Drinnon also talked about numerous campus projects that took place during that era, including the building of the Fine Arts Center, Lupton Library, University Center and the first phase of construction on McKenzie Arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the university archivist, I see his name on a weekly\u2014if not daily\u2014basis just looking through materials,\u201d Lasley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have these Echo articles and the historical record, but the point of an interview and oral history is it just adds another dimension and personal experience and insight into what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42513\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"42513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/welcome-back-former-chancellor-drinnon-visits-utc\/drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"895,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Circa 1970s photo of James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Circa 1970s photo of James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Circa 1970s photo of James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s-716x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s.jpg\" alt=\"Circa 1970s photo of James Drinnon, courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s.jpg 895w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Drinnon-portrait-circa-1970s-716x1024.jpg 716w, 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