UT Extension has a rich history of serving the people of Tennessee by helping to improve their quality of life and solve problems through the application of research and evidenced-based knowledge about agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community development.
Learn about our history in the two publications below that document our first seventy-five years.
![Extension Deans through the Years](https://utia.tennessee.edu/ext/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/ExtensionHistory-Deans-583x1024.jpg)
UT Extension Deans through the years:
(listed top to bottom)
Dr. M. Lloyd Downen
Dr. William D. Bishop
Dr. Vernon W. Darter
Dr. C.E. Brehm
Dr. J.H. McLeod
Dr. Charles A. Keffer