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UT Development Council Has New Chair, Vice Chair

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– The University of Tennessee Development Council, which advises UT officials on private fund-raising, will have new leadership July 1. Dwight Kessel, president of Knox Air and former Knox County Executive, will become council chairman, and John Thornton of Chattanooga will be the new vice chairman, UT President Joe Johnson announced Wednesday. Kessel succeeds