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Dr. Robert Dooley is interim chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 1, Dr. Robert Dooley assumed his role as interim chancellor<\/a><\/strong> of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, becoming the 18th leader in University history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dooley, who received a bachelor\u2019s degree in philosophy and religion from UTC in 1983 and an MBA in 1991\u2014along with a Ph.D. from the UT Knoxville College of Business in 1996\u2014returned to his alma mater in 2011 as dean of the Gary W. Rollins College of Business. He also served as interim provost in 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before coming back to UTC, Dooley spent 15 years with Oklahoma State University, where he rose to associate dean for graduate programs and research in the Spears School of Business.<\/em><\/p>\n

His wife, Kim, earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from UTC in 1987. The Dooleys recently celebrated their 39th anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before the holiday break, Dooley sat down for a conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s turn back the clock to early November when you get a phone call from UT System President Randy Boyd saying he wants you to be the interim chancellor. What\u2019s it like to get a call like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised and honored for sure, but a little taken aback. I was traveling in China when Chancellor (Steve) Angle announced he was stepping out and going back to the faculty. That announcement took me by surprise because it was very unexpected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got back from China at midnight on Sunday night (Nov. 3) and President Boyd called me at 9 a.m. Monday morning. He said, \u2018I\u2019d like to talk with you about being interim chancellor.\u2019 I was super honored and I told him I was honored\u2014but I was really surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n

You mentioned you were in China when the Dr. Angle news broke. International experiences have been very important to you and your wife, especially in terms of student travel-abroad opportunities. How did that all come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in my 30s the first time I left the country. It was in 1994 or 1995 as part of a USAID grant through the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; I was finishing up my doctoral studies and I had the opportunity to travel with my dissertation chair on extended trips to Eastern Europe. That sparked something in me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got to Oklahoma State, I started leading student trips abroad. International travel can transform people in the way they perceive the world\u2014and I love exposing students to it. It broadens how you view things from different perspectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you talk about it from a business education perspective, it\u2019s critically important to be able to understand different cultures. We\u2019re truly a global economy, so those interactions are essential\u2014particularly when you go to countries that are so different from where you\u2019re from. I think it\u2019s an important experience for students to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In 2018, during his time as interim provost, Dr. Robert Dooley\u2014attached to a member of the U.S. Army\u2019s Golden Knights parachute team\u2014jumped out of an airplane at about 14,000 feet.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Your time as dean has included the courting of Gary and Kathleen Rollins and their two transformative gifts, the introduction of the Joseph F. DeCosimo Success Center, bringing the Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) to UTC and the birth of the SMILE Fund\u2014to name a few highlights. It also has included jumping out of an airplane, participating in \u201cDown with the Dean\u201d\u2014where students lined up to send you into a dunk tank\u2014and acquiring a house full of pinball machines. So, who\u2019s the real Robert Dooley?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBoth. I enjoy having fun. I enjoy having a personal life outside of work and I\u2019ve always worked from the position of \u2018I don\u2019t say no.\u2019 If there\u2019s a new experience or a new opportunity presented to me\u2014for example, skydiving or learning how to work on pinball machines, which has now become somewhat of an obsession\u2014I take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat same mentality is what has driven my approach to the College of Business. When you pursue new opportunities, some things work out and some things don\u2019t. Some things you like and some things you don\u2019t. The reality is if you don\u2019t put yourself out there a little bit and take advantage of those opportunities when they come by, they don\u2019t happen. The VEP is a classic example.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came here from Oklahoma State, I reached out to the gentleman who ran the VEP program there and I said, \u2018There are a couple of things you need to know about Chattanooga. One, it\u2019s had the longest-running Armed Forces Day parade in history since (President Harry) Truman made the proclamation, so we\u2019re a very patriotic city. Two, we\u2019ve got military bases like Fort Campbell in close proximity. This is a perfect place for us to have a second VEP program.\u2019 So we just did it. It seemed like an opportunity we shouldn\u2019t let pass by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk more about the pinball machines. How did that obsession begin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife knew I loved pinball so she bought me a pinball machine for one of our anniversaries. We were getting ready to go out to dinner with friends and there was a knock on the door; this company was delivering a pinball machine. I\u2019m like, \u2018Holy smokes. Call our friends. We\u2019re canceling dinner. We\u2019re staying home playing pinball.\u2019 That started it, and then I became fascinated with the way the machines worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got involved in a couple of online pinhead groups\u2014they call them pinheads, people that are into pinball\u2014and I learned there were so many machines for sale. It was fun to find these owner\/operators, drive a couple of hundred miles, go to their warehouse, climb around and look at pinball machines. You could pick them up for a very inexpensive amount of money; I paid a couple hundred bucks for some of the machines and learned how to rebuild them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have 22 machines, which is down from 28. My favorite is a machine that doesn\u2019t get a lot of attention\u2014a 1980 Williams called Blackout. And I love Xenon, a Bally machine from around 1981. It was the first female talking pinball machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Robert Dooley and his pinball machines.<\/p><\/div>\n

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You\u2019ve seen a lot of change from your student days. What is the UTC of 2025 like vs. the time you were here as an undergraduate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost unrecognizable. Some of the buildings are certainly recognizable, but in terms of the campus, in terms of its growth, in terms of its impact and connection to the city, in terms of the size of the student body \u2026 everything about this campus has dramatically changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was first here as an undergraduate student, I would imagine there probably weren\u2019t more than 500 students living on campus\u2014maybe not even that many. We had three dorms: the old Village Apartments, which are now Boling; the old stadium dorms; and you had Pfeiffer Stagmaier. Now, we\u2019ve become a traditional campus with 3,600 students living here. It\u2019s incredible how different it\u2019s become.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walk across campus sometimes and literally pinch myself like, really? I mean, walking up Cardiac Hill, you have these little flashbacks going to the old Lupton Library. Sometimes, it\u2019s just a little bit of a dream state. I can\u2019t believe that I was here in the late \u201970s and early \u201980s\u2014and now I\u2019m back here and I\u2019m in this capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very fortunate to have had the opportunities that have been given to me over the years and I love being here. I can\u2019t imagine being anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you want students to know about their new chancellor that might surprise them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s usually surprising to students to know that I\u2019m somewhat of a music buff and that I\u2019m a little bit of a headbanger. I like Rage Against the Machine. I like Tool. I go to heavy metal concerts. I\u2019m a huge Rage fan. In fact, I saw them on their last tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s that piece of it that a lot of people don\u2019t probably realize, just like the pinball piece. I think people forget that\u2014even when you get a title\u2014there\u2019s still a personal life that goes with it. Deep down inside, I\u2019m a middle-aged guy who likes to play a little pinball and listen to loud music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Robert Dooley’s journey in coming home to lead, inspire and give back<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Robert Dooley, left, and Capt. Kevin Beavers, former head of UTC\u2019s Department of Military Science.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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