July 31, 1997

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Dr. Robert L. Summitt Sr., dean of the University of Tennessee-Memphis College of Medicine since 1981, has announced plans to step down from the position next June.  Summitt, a native of LaFollette, said he will continue to serve as professor of pediatrics and anatomy.  UT Memphis Chancellor Bill Rice said the College of

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Cooperative research in biology between the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy will receive a boost under an agreement signed Thursday.  Creation of the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences was endorsed by UT President Joe Johnson; UT-Knoxville Chancellor Bill Snyder; Jim Hall, manager