Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 108,620,making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland. It is named for Colonel Edward Bradley of Shelby County,Tennessee,who was colonel of Hale's Regiment in the American Revolution and the 15th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812. Bradley County is included in the Cleveland,Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton,TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.
Cleveland is the county seat of,and largest city in,Bradley County,Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area,Tennessee,which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton,TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.
The University of Tennessee at Martin is a public university in Martin,Tennessee. It is one of the five campuses of the University of Tennessee system. UTM is the only public university in West Tennessee outside of Memphis.
Lee University is a private Christian university in Cleveland,Tennessee. It was founded in 1918 as the Church of God Bible Training School with twelve students and one teacher,Nora I. Chambers. The school grew to become Lee College,with a Bible college and junior college on its current site,in 1948. Twenty years later,Lee received accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as a four-year liberal arts college. In 1997,Lee became a university;it now offers master's degrees as well as undergraduate degrees.
James Davis Porter was an American attorney,politician,educator,and officer of the Confederate Army. He served as the 20th Governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879. He was subsequently appointed as Assistant Secretary of State during President Grover Cleveland's first administration,and Minister to Chile in Cleveland's second administration.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university in Chattanooga,Tennessee,United States. It was founded in 1886 and is part of the University of Tennessee System.
Nathan Lynn Bachman was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1933 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Eckerd College is a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg,Florida,United States. Founded in 1958,part of the campus is waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega Bay. Because of its location,Eckerd is considered a "beach school" and has its own student volunteer maritime search and rescue team. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,Eckerd is a member of the Annapolis and Oberlin groups of national liberal arts colleges.
The University of Tennessee System is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public university systems,the other being the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). It consists of four primary campuses in Knoxville,Chattanooga,Pulaski and Martin;a health sciences campus in Memphis;a research institute in Tullahoma;and various extensions throughout the state.
Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. was an American billionaire businessman,co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel,and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team. In 2012,Forbes magazine listed him as the 60th wealthiest person in the United States,and the 205th richest in the world,with an estimated net worth of $5.1 billion.
Tennessee Temple University was a private Christian university in Chattanooga,Tennessee. Temple Baptist Seminary was the university's graduate school of Christian theology,also operating in Chattanooga. The university merged with Piedmont International University in 2015.
Tusculum University is a private Presbyterian university with its main campus in Tusculum,Tennessee. It is Tennessee's first university and the 28th-oldest operating college or university in the United States.
Bryan College is a private Christian college in Dayton,Tennessee. It was founded in the aftermath of the 1925 Scopes trial to establish an institution of higher education that would teach from a Christian worldview.
Tennessee Wesleyan University (TWU) is a private Methodist university in Athens,Tennessee. It was founded in 1857 and is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. It maintains a branch campus in Knoxville,where it offers evening programs in business administration. It also conducts its nursing classes in Knoxville.
The Tennessee Board of Regents is a system of community and technical colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public higher education systems in the state,the other being the University of Tennessee system. It was authorized by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly passed in 1972. The TBR supervises all public community colleges and technical colleges in the state,serving over 110,000 students annually.
Dr. Charles William Conn was an American influential figure in the Church of God (Cleveland) whose responsibilities spanned a wide spectrum of positions throughout his ministerial career. He was a native of Riverside,Georgia,a suburb community of Atlanta,and the son of Albert Cason Conn and Belle Brimer Conn. He was married for 56 years to Edna Minor,who died in 1997,and they had twelve children:Philip,Sara,Stephen,Paul,Sharon,Raymond,Camilla,Mark,Catherine,Bruce,Jeffrey and Melody. His son Paul became the 18th president of Lee University.
Donald R. Eastman III is an American academic administrator who served as the fourth President of Eckerd College from 2001 to 2020.
Bradley Central High School is a public high school located in Cleveland,Tennessee that serves approximately 1,700 students from grades 9-12. It was founded in 1916,and is part of the Bradley County Schools system. The school maintains a crosstown rivalry with Cleveland High School,as well as fellow county rival Walker Valley High School.
William Allan Jones Jr. is an American businessman from Cleveland,Tennessee. He is the founder,chairman and CEO of Check Into Cash,Creditcorp,Jones Management Services and the Community Financial Services Association,and several other local lending agencies. He has been called the "father of the payday loan industry" for founding and building the first major payday loan chain.
Richard Louis Schanck was an American social psychologist. He co-authored the first textbook on sociology. At the end of his career,he was department head at Bethany College and at Geneva College. In the 1940s,he led the ACLU Akron branch,to unionize auto and steel workers. Throughout his career,Schanck worked and consulted with city planners,and he was one of the organizers of the Institute of Experimental Method,devoted to the ideas of Edgar Singer. He taught at many colleges across the country as a guest lecturer or visiting professor.
