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Civil rights leader E. Melvin Porter, one of the first African American graduates of 菠萝视频 Law School and the first African American to be elected state senator of Oklahoma, died July 26 in Oklahoma City. He was 86. Read More

Larry Daughtrey, legendary political reporter for The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, known as a tenacious watchdog at the state Capitol who always broke the story first, died May 12 of complications from lung disease. He was 76. Read More

Peabody College alumna Nera White powered the first national women鈥檚 basketball dynasty and became the game鈥檚 first female superstar鈥攁 dominance that led her into the Basketball Hall of Fame as one of the first two women to be enshrined there. She died April 13 in Gallatin, Tennessee, from complications of pneumonia at the age of 80. Read More

Phila Rawlings Hach, one of the grande dames of Southern cooking, died Dec. 2, 2015, at the age of 89. Read More

Tandy Rice, a prominent Music Row figure whose talent agency propelled the careers of Porter Waggoner, Dolly Parton, Jim Ed Brown and Tom T. Hall, died Aug. 3, 2015, in Nashville. He was 76. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, Rice was a 1961 graduate of The Citadel and a… Read More

STEVE GREEN Dr. Noel Tulipan, renowned neurosurgeon and trailblazer in fetal surgery repair for spina bifida, died Nov. 2, 2015, after a long illness. He was 64. Tulipan, professor of neurological surgery, emeritus, in the School of Medicine and former chief of pediatric neurosurgery at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center,… Read More

RUSTY RUSSELL Fred Thompson, who went on to an illustrious career as an attorney, counsel for the Watergate Committee, U.S. senator, Republican presidential candidate, and film and television actor after graduating from 菠萝视频 Law School in 1967, died of cancer Nov. 1, 2015, in Nashville. He was 73. 鈥淲e… Read More

菠萝视频 Athletics George MacIntyre, who served six years as head coach of the 菠萝视频 football team and guided it to an appearance in the 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl, died Jan. 5 in Nashville after a two-decade battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. MacIntyre was named head coach… Read More

Francis Guess, a revered Nashville business leader, trailblazer in the private sector, and a champion of civil rights, died July 23. Read More

Frank Mordica, one of the greatest running backs in 菠萝视频 football history, died of a heart attack July 18 in his hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 57. Read More

Jean Bass Crawford, editor of 菠萝视频 Magazine for 29 years and former director of 菠萝视频鈥檚 Office of Alumni Publications, died Aug. 7 in Nashville. Read More

Jacob 鈥淛ake鈥� Brewer, a White House senior policy adviser to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, died Sept. 19 in a collision with a car in Mount Airy, Maryland, while participating in a charity bicycle ride for cancer treatment programs. He was 34. Read More

Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr. played football for 菠萝视频 and earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in chemical engineering, volunteering as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1940. Read More

Richard F. Arenstorf, professor of mathematics, emeritus, died Sept. 18, 2014, at age 84. Read More

Penny Elizabeth Campbell, a pioneer in the fight for LGBT rights and a strong advocate for justice and equality, died Sept. 3, 2014, at her Nashville home. She was 61. Read More

Dale A. Johnson, the Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of Church History, emeritus, died Aug. 10. He was 78. Read More

George Barrett, indefatigable Nashville civil rights lawyer, died Aug. 26 at age 86. Read More

Kathleen Elizabeth Woods of Nashville died Aug. 3 at age 63. Woods served as a board member at University School and at St. Mary鈥檚 Sewanee, a center for spiritual development. Read More

Zalman I. Posner, who led Congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville for more than half a century, died April 23 in California at age 87. Read More

Janice Feagin Britton of Spanish Fort, Alabama, died Feb. 20 at age 92 after a lifetime of service and adventure. Read More