About the Authors

Dan Conaway, BS, Communications, University of Tennessee, 1971. Creative Director of UT’s winning team in the 1971 American Advertising Federation Student Advertising Competition, member of the original College of Communications Board of Visitors, and recipient of the Edith S. Joel Award as Outstanding Advertising Alumnus. An award-winning communications consultant, Dan is also a columnist with The Daily Memphian, and the author of seven books, including two collections of his columns “I’m a Memphian.” (Nautilus Publishing, 2013), and “In A Colorful Place” with Otis Sanford (Rooster Scratch Press, 2020). 

Bill Haltom, BS, University of Tennessee, 1975, and JD, University of Tennessee, 1978. UT Torchbearer and SGA President. A lawyer who has served as President of the Tennessee Bar Association, Bill is now an award-winning columnist for the Tennessee USA Today Network, and the author of nine books, including “The Other Fellow May Be Right: The Civility of Howard Baker” (TBA Press, 2017), and “Full Court Press: How Pat Summitt and a Legal Team Changed the Game” (UT Press, 2018).