Martin, Tenn. – Joe Exum, formerly of Leland Powell Fasteners in Martin, and Mike Moss, of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, will receive alumni awards during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s homecoming festivities Oct. 7. The homecoming football game against Murray State University will begin at 2 p.m. in Hardy M. Graham Stadium, and the award-winners will also be recognized during halftime.
Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will present the awards during the Chancellor’s Brunch and Awards Program in the Paul Meek Library, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., Oct. 7.
Exum will receive the Chancellor’s Award for University Service, which recognizes exemplary service to the university. He graduated from UT Martin in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in general business management and was a distinguished graduate from the university’s Army ROTC program. He later served as executive officer of an advanced individual training company at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and as a tank platoon leader and acting company commander in Vietnam.
After his military career, Exum earned a graduate degree in marketing from the University of Alabama in 1972, and his subsequent career included positions with First Federal Savings and Loan Association in West Point, Georgia; Pepsi Cola in Marion, Illinois; and Reelfoot Bank in Union City. He also spent 23 years as chairman of the board of Leland Powell Fasteners in Martin.
Exum has served his alma mater in many capacities, including filling positions as chairman of the UT Martin Development Committee, Chancellor’s Roundtable and College of Business Advisory Board; president of the Weakley County alumni chapter and the UT Martin Skyhawk Club; and as a member of the University of Tennessee’s Development Council.
Mike Moss will be honored with the Outstanding Alumni Award, which recognizes an alum for outstanding achievement in his or her chosen profession. Moss received a Bachelor of Science degree from UT Martin in 1963 and has since spent 40 years in public education – teaching in classrooms with both Memphis and Shelby County Schools, serving as an admissions officer with the University of Memphis and acting as coordinator of admissions for the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
For more information about the alumni awards or UT Martin homecoming, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 731-881-7610, email alumni@utm.edu or visit utmforever.com.
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