Lifetime Giving Societies
The Lifetime Giving Society is comprised of a select circle of donors whose significant and sustained support profoundly impacts the University of Tennessee at Martin. The society recognizes donors who contribute $25,000 or greater to the university over the course of their lifetimes or through their estates.
View the Esteemed list of supportersGiving Societies
Penick Society
$10,000,000 and up
Dr. I.N. Penick, pastor of First Baptist Church of Martin for 22 years, undertook the task of establishing and dedicating a new school (Hall-Moody Institute). A quote from The Last Leaf, a book covering the Hall-Moody Institute from 1900-1927, says of I.N. Penick, “To Whom the School Probably Owes More Than to Any Other Man.”
Hall-Moody Society
$5,000,000–$9,999,999
Hall-Moody Institute, established in 1900, was the forerunner to the University of Tennessee at Martin. Hall-Moody was named for two eminent Baptist ministers, Elder J.N. Hall and Dr. J.B. Moody.
Paul Meek Society
$500,000–$999,999
No one has influenced UT Martin as much as Paul Meek, who held a campus leadership position (executive officer, dean, UT vice president or chancellor) from 1934-1967.
Sassafras Society
$250,000–$499,999
The campus’s historic sassafras tree, cut in 2005, was thought to be the oldest tree in the area and the last remnant of Woodley Farm, a property bought in 1927 to expand UTJC.
Martin Society
$100,000–$249,999
The city of Martin, founded in 1873, is named for William Martin, who donated a considerable amount of land so the university could be built in its current location.
Pacers Society
$50,000–$99,999
In 1971, the student body began calling the university’s athletic teams “The Pacers,” recognizing the institution as a “pace-setting” university. The teams retained the name until 1995.
Pilot Society
$25,000–$49,999
When the majority of male students at UT Junior College departed for service during WWII, an on-campus training program for military pilots rescued the financial health of the institution.