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Tennessee Historical Commission

Board Characteristics: Twenty-eight members:
24 appointed by the Governor for terms of five years and 4 ex officio members. Members include:

• State Historian
• State Archaeologist
• Commissioner of Environment and Conservation
• State Librarian and Archivist as ex officio members
• 24 members who shall be equally divided among the three grand divisions of the state

Commissioned under T.C.A. 4-11-102

The statute authorizing this board expires: June 30, 2011

Member Term Expires Representation
Mayor Tobie Bledsoe 10-31-2011 East Tennessee
Brent Cox 09-30-2012 West Tennessee
Dr. Calvin Dickinson 09-30-2010 Middle Tennessee
Walter T. Durham Ex Officio State Historian
Sam D. Elliott, Chairman 05-31-2010 East Tennessee
Jim Fyke ExOfficio Commissioner TDEC
Mark C. Hicks, Jr. 09-30-2012 East Tennessee
Norman Hill, Sr. 09-30-2014 MiddleTennessee
Isabelle Ladd 09-30-2013 East Tennessee
Dr. Thomas 'Tom' Maher 06-30-2011 East Tennessee
Paula Martin 09-30-2010 Middle Tennessee
Paul Matthews, Vice-Chairman 09-30-2010 West Tennessee
Patrick McIntyre   Executive Director of TN Historical Commission
Elaine Irwin Meyer 09-30-2011 East Tennessee
Dr. Reavis L. Mitchell, Jr. 06-30-2014 Middle Tennessee
Joanne Collum Moore 06-30-2011 West Tennessee
Mike Moore Ex Officio
State Archaeologist
Ophelia T. Paine 06-30-2012 Middle Tennessee
Beverly C. Robertson 09-30-2010 West Tennessee
J. Gray Sasser 09-30-2010 Middle Tennessee
Theodore Bradford 'Tim' Sloan 09-30-2010 West Tennessee
Joe E. Spence 02-28-2011 East Tennessee
H. Dean Stone 02-28-2011 East Tennessee
Jeanne D. Sugg Ex Officio
State Librarian and Archivist
Dr. Robert Polk Thomson, Vice-Chairman 06-30-2012 Middle Tennessee
Betty J. Walley 09-30-2012 West Tennessee
Ronald A. Walters 09-30-2012 West Tennessee
Richard Warwick 09-30-2010 Middle Tennessee
Derita Coleman Williams 06-30-2012 West Tennessee