Remembering Professor Bruce Wheeler (1939-2023)
Tuesday, April 9, the UT Department of History and the Knoxville History Project will join forces to honor the late Professor Bruce Wheeler. Wheeler joined the history department in 1970 and served our campus and community for more than four decades.
The program’s speakers will recognize his many accomplishments. He was a distinguished historian who wrote an important history of Knoxville; he was an engaging and innovative teacher beloved by a generation of UT students; and he generously contributed his time to help improve history education in East Tennessee public schools. During his long career, he was recognized with numerous teaching awards, and served as the head of the University’s Honors Program before his retirement in 2003.
Hosted by Jack Neely of the Knoxville History Project, the free public program will be held in the upstairs room at Maple Hall, 414 S. Gay Street, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Apr 9, 2024.