– A gift of more than $10 million from the Honorable Roy M. Huffington of Houston is a boost to SMU's Department of Earth Sciences, which is being renamed in his honor. (03/27/08)News Releases About Major Gifts to SMU
Dates indicate approximately when the news item was posted on the SMU website.
Supporting Scholars – A $1 million gift from John C. and Debbie Tolleson of Dallas (right) will provide additional support for the Edwin L. Cox BBA Scholars Program in SMU's Cox School of Business. (04/28/08)
Gift endows Huffington Earth Sciences Dept. – A gift of more than $10 million from the Honorable Roy M. Huffington of Houston is a boost to SMU's Department of Earth Sciences, which is being renamed in his honor. (03/27/08)
Gift endows theology school professorship – The Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University has received a $1 million gift from Barbara Cook Wendland and Erroll Wendland to establish the Wendland-Cook Professorship in Constructive Theology. (03/14/08)
TI Gift Brings National Leader to Engineering – Delores M. Etter, a former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will be the director of SMU's new Caruth Institute for Engineering Education and the Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair in Engineering Education. (03/10/08)
Gift creates Cox asset management curriculum – D. Scott Luttrell (BBA '77) and David B. Miller (BBA '72 and MBA '73) have helped Cox create an undergraduate curriculum in alternative asset management. (03/03/08)
Boost for Biology – A $3.6 million gift to SMU from Caren Prothro (right) and the Perkins-Prothro Foundation will establish the C. Vin Prothro Biological Sciences Initiative at SMU. (01/14/07)
Supporting Scholarships – Catherine Perrine, wife of the late SMU English professor and textbook author Laurence Perrine, bequeaths $3.3 million to the University to fund scholarships and endow a faculty chair in the English Department. (11/19/07)
Landmark Gift – A landmark $20 million gift from Harold C. and Annette C. Simmons will provide endowment for SMU’s School of Education and Human Development and the lead gift for a new building to house the School.(11/09/07)
Edwin L. Cox gives SMU $5 million challenge gift – Dallas oilman Edwin L. Cox has given $5 million to support merit-based undergraduate scholarships at the school that bears his name – SMU's Edwin L. Cox School of Business. (10/19/07)
A $10.1 million gift to the School of Engineering at SMU designed to spark K-12 students’ interest in science and engineering presents the opportunity to inspire and shape our nation’s innovators long before they submit their first college application. (10/11/07)
New research endowment fund to honor anthropology professor (08/17/07)
Perkins-Prothro family gives $6 million to SMU (01/19/07)
$2 Million Brady Gentry Bequest Supports Scholarships for East Texas Students (12/11/06)
$2.2 Million Gift To SMU From Embrey Family Foundation Supports Human Rights Program And Athletics (11/06/06)
SMU Takes the "LEED" with New Environment-Friendly Engineering Building (09/05/06)
$35 Million Gift from Ray L. and Nancy Ann Hunt (08/11/06)
Toni and Norman Brinker Establish Hospitality and Restaurant Management Institute at SMU (05/17/06)
Kresge Foundation Provides Support to SMU School of Engineering (03/09/06)
SMU Receives Largest Single Gift in Its History from the Meadows Foundation (03/01/06)
$3.4 Million from Bobby Lyle to Support SMU Schools of Business and Engineering (02/16/06)
$1.2 Million Gift from Custard and Pitts Family to Endow Four President's Scholarships at SMU (01/23/06)
Dedman Foundation Provides Matching Gifts For Law School Scholarships and Faculty Chairs (12/15/05)
$1 Million Gift From Stemmons Foundation To Support New Engineering Building At SMU (3/31/05)
Meadows Foundation Awards $700,000 in Grants to the Meadows Museum (2/24/05)
SMU's Infinity Project Receives $200,000 From The National Instruments Foundation (10/26/04)
Gift Of $1 Million From TI Foundation To Advance Engineering Education In Nation's High Schools (7/29/03)
$7.5 Million Gift from Lindsay and Bobbie Embrey to Fund a New Engineering Building at SMU (5/20/03)
Five Major SMU Supporters To Be Honored For Outstanding Philanthropy (4/1/03)
New Recreation Center Planned For SMU (2/21/03)
Highland Park United Methodist Church gives $5 million to sponsor 100 Habitat for Humanity homes (02/13/03)
Former Texas Governor Bill Clements Gives $1 Million For New Information Facility At SMU-In-Taos (12/30/02)
Nokia Gift Will Enable The SMU School Of Engineering To Establish A Wireless Networking Laboratory (12/2/02)
SMU Receives $3 Million To Train Bilingual Teachers (10/28/02)
Sculpture By Santiago Calatrava To Be Unveiled At SMU's Meadows Museum (10/7/02)
TriQuint Donation Enables SMU School Of Engineering To Secure Permanent Clean Room Facility (9/4/02)
SMU Board Chair Gerald Ford Gives $1 Million For Faculty Research Fellowships (8/29/02)
Robert H. Dedman Sr. Played Major Role in SMU's Advancement (8/20/02)
SMU Department Of Biological Sciences Receives $1 Million Grant From NASA (8/13/02)
New Jerry R. Junkins Engineering Building To Open Aug. 21 (7/10/02)
SMU Receives $1.4 Million For New Youth Program (7/8/02)
Seismic Micro-technology Donates Software To SMU Department Of Geological Sciences (7/1/02)
SMU Surpasses Goal With More Than $532 Million Raised In Five-Year Campaign (4/19/02)
SMU Surpasses Goal With More Than $532 Million Raised: Executive Summary (4/19/02)
SMU Surpasses Goal With More Than $532 Million Raised: Campaign Leadership (4/19/02)
Surpasses Goal With More Than $532 Million Raised: Academic Benefits (4/19/02)
Surpasses Goal With More Than $532 Million Raised: Commitments of More Than $10 Million (4/19/02)
Hillcrest Foundation Gives $1 Million Toward Collins Executive Education Center At SMU (2/25/02)
SMU Breaks Ground On New Student Services Building (2/21/02)
SMU To Break Ground On New Student Services Building (2/7/02)
$6.3 Million Committed For James Collins Executive Education Center At SMU (12/10/01)
SMU Dedicates New Dedman Life Sciences Building (12/6/01)
SMU Establishes Temerlin Advertising Institute With Gifts Of More Than $6 Million (10/18/01)
Jeanne And Berry Cox Pledge $1 Million To Establish SMU Chair Honoring John Tower (10/2/01)
SMU Dedman School Of Law Unveils 21st-Century Classroom (9/21/01)
$1.2 Million Gift from Caruth Foundation Fund to Develop Child Advocacy Program in SMU Law School (8/13/01)
$1 Million Gift From Kenneth And Linda Morris To Provide New Information Technology Center At SMU (8/22/01)
$2 Million Gift To Support Chinese Scholars Program At SMU's Dedman School Of Law (7/16/01)
$1 Million Gift From Gene And Jerry Jones Provides Events Hall In New Meadows Museum At SMU (4/25/01)
American Airlines Sponsors Inaugural Tate Academic Summit (4/12/01)
Waters Family Honors Parents With Named Endowment (4/10/01)
$1 Million Gift From Hegi Family To Support Expanded Career Center At SMU (2/23/01)
SMU Receives $5 Million Gift For Journalism Program From The Belo Foundation (2/23/01)
SMU Law School Renamed In Honor Of Dedman Family (2/14/01)
$1 Million Gift From Bob Smith, M.D. Foundation To Provide Auditorium In New Meadows Museum At SMU (1/30/01)
$1 Million Gift From Nancy Hamon To Provide Exhibition Space In New Meadows Museum At SMU (12/12/00)
SMU Board Chair Ruth S. Altshuler Funds New Faculty Awards (9/11/00)
