The first board of trustees, appointed in 1889, consisted of Adolph S.
Ochs of Chattanooga; H. H. Ingersoll, Knoxville; James D. Porter, Paris;
E. S. Mallory, Jackson; Gen. John C. Brown, Nashville; Gen. W. H.
Jackson, Nashville; Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley, Nashville; L. F. Benson,
Nashville; and W. R. French, Tullahoma.
The present board of trustees consists of E. A. Lindsey, Nashville,
Chairman; William E. Beard, Nashville; Henry Barker, Bristol; Lewis R.
Donelson, Memphis; C. Lawrence Winn, Nashville; Herbert Gannaway,
Memphis; Stanley F. Horn, Nashville; Marvin McTyiere Cullom, Nashville;
John A. Chambliss, Chattanooga.