U of M receives $5.5 million Dunavant gift to endow five chairs
Students walk on University of Memphis campus. The Billy Dunavant Foundation gift will establish five endowed chairs as well as professorships. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The Billy Dunavant Foundation gift will establish the the Laura Butler Ford chair in nursing, three chairs in supply chain management and one in agritech and regenerative agriculture.
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Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian, focusing on crime and the local court system. He earned his bachelor’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis.
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