TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jul 26, 2017

Longtime University of Tennessee General Counsel Beauchamp “Beach” E. Brogan died earlier this month in Knoxville, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. He was 87. A UT graduate, Brogan earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky, and served as head litigator for the Tennessee Valley Authority before joining the university in 1975. He retired in 1999. An avid Vols sports fan, Brogan was also part of a "legendary student prank" in which he "stole the Smokey dog mascot," according to the university. “When he was being considered for the job as UT general counsel and board secretary, he felt he had to tell the trustees about his involvement in the taking of Smokey,” his son, Jim Brogan, said, “and Col. Tom Elam, then on the board, said, ‘If he’s that tough, we ought to hire him.’ ”