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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 1, 2022

Several East Tennessee lawyers and former Governors Bill Haslam and Phil Bredesen have been appointed inaugural board members of the University of Tennessee’s Institute for American Civics, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The center, funded by taxpayer money, was a bipartisan effort approved this past legislative session. According to Gov. Bill Lee and UT, the center will support "statewide efforts to advance civic education and constructive debate and to foster a deeper understanding of American government and the principles that contributed to the country’s founding." The Board of Fellows is made up of 13 members, including the two former governors and Tennessee lawyers Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, and Glenn Reynolds, a distinguished law professor at UT. UT will appoint a director for the center by March after a nationwide search.