Governor Haslam Appoints UT Alumnus John Tickle to Board of Trustees
Businessman, philanthropist and University of Tennessee graduate John D. Tickle has been appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam to serve on the UT Board of Trustees.
Tickle is chairman of Strongwell Corporation and a 1965 graduate of UT Knoxville with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. In 2013, the 110,000-square-foot Tickle Engineering Building, funded in part by a gift from Tickle and his wife, Ann, was dedicated on the Knoxville campus.