CITY

Official Website:
http://www.chattanooga.gov/

Population:
155554 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1815

County:
Hamilton County; Marion County

Founded 1815 as Ross' Landing, a trading post.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
McCallie School	1905
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	1886

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Unum Provident	1999
Unum	1999
Chattem	1879

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Government	11-Apr-1926		US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
William M. Barker	Judge	13-Sep-1941		Tennessee Chief Justice
William E. Brock	Politician	23-Nov-1930		US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
Daniel K. Frierson	Business	1942		CEO of The Dixie Group
Dennis Haskins	Actor	18-Nov-1950		Principal Belding on Saved by the Bell
Jeannette Marks	Poet	16-Aug-1875	1964	The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Bill McKinney	Actor	12-Sep-1931		Deliverance
Jon Meacham	Journalist	1969		Managing Editor of Newsweek
Lori Petty	Actor	14-Oct-1963		Tank Girl
Ishmael Reed	Novelist	22-Feb-1938		The Free-Lance Pallbearers
Mercer Reynolds	Politician	17-Jun-1945		Chief fundraiser behind GWB presidential campaigns
Gary W. Rollins	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Rollins
Bessie Smith	Singer	15-Apr-1894	26-Sep-1937	Empress of the Blues
Steve Watson	Game Show Host	11-Jun-1972		Host of Monster House
Reggie White	Football	19-Dec-1961	26-Dec-2004	NFL's Minister of Defense

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adolph Ochs	Publisher	12-Mar-1858	08-Apr-1935	New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936

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