Phi Kappa Phi Banquet Speakers

2010
Jan Simek
Interim President for The University of Tennessee
Chapter 127 President: Thomas Rakes

2009
Ray Davis
Southeast Region Vice President, Phi Kappa Phi
Interim Director of the Honors Program
North Carolina A&T University
School of Technology, Greensboro, NC
Chapter 127 President: Anna Clark

2008
Katherine High
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Ernest Moser

2007
Robert Levy
Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Lynn Alexander

2006
William F. Owen
Chancellor
University of Tennessee-Health Science Center
Chapter 127 President: Jerald Ogg

2005
John Petersen
President
University of Tennessee System
Chapter 127 President: Shannon Burgin

2004
John W. Scott
Assistant Commissioner of Teaching and Learning
Tennessee State Department of Education
Chapter 127 President: Frank Black

2003
T. Dwayne McCay
Vice President of Research and Information Technology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Doug Sterrett

2002
Joe Giles
Former Director of Arts Education
Tennessee State Department of Education
Chapter 127 President: Kevin Lambert

2001
Neil Luebke
National President, Phi Kappa Phi
Chapter 127 President: Dorotha Norton

2000
Joe E. Johnson
President Emeritus
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Nick Dunagan

1999
Robert Michael Walker
Deputy Director of FEMA
Chapter 127 President: Jenna L. Wright

1998
Ellis Marsalis
The Father of Jazz
Entertainment
Lecture and Piano Demonstration on the History of Jazz
Chapter 127 President: Maria I. Malone

1997
Peter Gresshoff
Professor and Holder of Racheff Chair of Excellence
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: James L. Byford

1996
Michael Pelton
Professor, Department of Forestry
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Otha L. Britton

1995
Michael Caldwell
Associate Professor
Artist-Teacher of Music
University of Tennessee-Martin
Chapter 127 President: Ivan Augsbuger

1994
Wendell H. McKenzie
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Genetics
Southeastern Region Vice President, Phi Kappa Phi
North Carolina State University
Chapter 127 President: Nell S. Gullet

1993
Russell D. Buhite
Professor of History
Dean, Department of History
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Marvin L. Downing

1992
James Lee McDonough
Professor of History, Auburn University
Chapter 127 President: James R. Clark

1991
E. Claude Gardner
Chancellor, Freed-Hardeman University
Chapter 127 President: Lonnie E. Maness

1990
Ilona Herlinger
National President, Phi Kappa Phi
Chapter 127 President: Barbara A. Jones

1989
John Warren
Assistant Executive Director
National Office, Phi Kappa Phi
Chapter 127 President: Bob G. Figgins

1988
Larry O. Arthur
Director of AIDS Vaccine Program, PRI/NCI
The Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Frederick, Maryland
Chapter 127 President: Jimmy Trentham

1987
Terrance G. Cooper
The Van Vleet Professor and Chairman
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Tennessee-Health Science Center, Memphis
Chapter 127 President: Phillip W. Watkins

1986
Robert Drake
Professor of English
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Goetz F. Seifert

1985
Tom E. Hendrix
Chairman of the Board
Henco Corporation
Chapter 127 President: Harry M. Hutson

1984
John F. Christman
Director of Research and Graduate Studies, Loyola University
Chapter 127 President: Jean Erwin

1983
Robert Cheatham
Executive Director of the Tennessee Committee for the Humanities
Chapter 127 President: Martha Y. Battle

1982
John McDow
National President, Phi Kappa Phi
Chapter 127 President: Patrick R.Taylor

1981
Ryuji Hayashi
President and Board Chairman
Youth Exchange Services, International
Chapter 127 President: Betsy L. Berry

1980
Charles Smith
Chancellor
University of Tennessee-Martin
Chapter 127 President: James E. Spears

1979
Richard M. Fulmer
Distinguished Professor of Management
College of Business Administration
Memphis State University
Chapter 127 President: Judith Wakim

1978
Richard I. Evans
Professor of Psychology, University of Houston
Chapter 127 President: David S. Loebbaka

1977
Dorothy L. Brown
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Chapter 127 President: Kelli F. Jones

1976
Henry A. Fribourg
Professor
Department of Plant and Soil Science
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Bobby N. Duck

1975
Gonzalo Palacios
Cultural Attache
Venezuelan Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 127 President: Sandra A. Gossum

1974
LeRoy P. Graf
Head, Department of History
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter 127 President: Charles E. Harding

1973
Vito Perrone
Associate Professor of History
Director, New School of Education
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Chapter 127 President: Dewitt Stone

1972
Lorraine A. Strasheim
Coordinator for School of Foreign Languages, Indiana University
Chapter 127 President: Milton D. Simmons

1971
Walter P. Metzger
Professor of History, Columbia University
Chapter 127 President: William H. Baker

 

Note: This list of Phi Kappa Phi Banquet Speakers was compiled by Sam Stephens (PKP 2008) and Kate Hein (PKP 2009). Recent updates have been made by Tyler Baggett, student assistant in the Hortense Parrish Writing Center.

Many of these records were found in the university archives.