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The 1,000-acre Millard Oakley Farm in Livingston is serving multiple departments across the Tennessee Tech campus. Dean of College Of Agriculture and Human Ecology Darron Smith said the land started out as mainly an agricultural education facility. He said it has grown to provide so much more to the university. “We open it up to not just our college,” Smith ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech President Phil Oldham said there is no separation between the university and the life of Millard Oakley. Oldham said Oakley made it a special purpose of his to make a mark on higher education. “He strongly believed in the role of education and how it can help improve the lives and the mobility of individuals in the Upper ... Read More »

Longtime Upper Cumberland lawyer, business man and philanthropist Millard Oakley died Thursday morning. Oakley was 91. Local church members were asked to pray for Oakley Wednesday after he suffered a stroke. He passed away overnight according to sources. Oakley graduated from Livingston Academy in 1947 and then attended Tennessee Tech. Oakley graduated from Cumberland University Law School in 1951 and ... Read More »

Longtime Livingston resident Millard Oakley will make the largest donation ever to Cumberland University. The former law school graduate and state official will gift $5 million. The donation will fund an enhancement project to the entrance of the university’s main building, Memorial Hall. Cumberland will also name the School of Humanities, Education and the Arts after the Oakley family. Millard ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech will award honorary degrees to longtime Upper Cumberland resident Millard Oakley and former Boeing executive Harry Stonecipher. The Board of Trustees approved the degrees during a special session Tuesday. Stonecipher spent better than 50 years in aerospace. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Boeing from 1997-2002. He began his career at General Motors in 1960 ... Read More »