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 Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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