Dr. Larry R. Arrington joined the University of Tennessee as chancellor of the statewide Institute of Agriculture in September 2011.
Previously, Arrington was professor of agricultural education and communication at the University of Florida and served as interim senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences from 2009 to 2010.
Prior to that, Arrington worked in the Florida Extension Service, serving as dean from 2004 to 2009. He began working at the University of Florida in 1981.
A native of Plant City, Fla., Arrington earned his bachelor's degree in agricultural and extension education at the University of Florida, his master's in vocational education at the University of Georgia and his doctorate in agricultural and extension education at the Ohio State University.
Arrington has been rewarded for his expertise and leadership in agriculture. He was presented the Gene Trotter Agricultural Leadership Award in 2010 by the Wedgworth Leadership Institute, a state program to develop leaders in agriculture and natural resources. He also received the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Award for Service to the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy in 2010. Arrington was named a distinguished alumnus by Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture provides instruction, research and public service through the UT College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; the UT College of Veterinary Medicine; UT AgResearch, including its system of 10 research and education centers; and UT Extension with offices in all 95 Tennessee counties.
Arrington and his wife, Candace, have three children.
Dr. Larry R. Arrington
larrington@tennessee.edu
