Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his wife, Gene, have made a gift of $10.65 million to Arkansas Razorback Athletics, the school announced today. Jones was a member of Arkansas' 1964 national championship football team.
The gift will help support:
- The soon to be completed Student-Athlete Success Center- A Wild Band of Razorbacks monument to establish a permanent tribute to the Razorbacks’ 1964 national championship football team
- The football team locker room at the Fred W. Smith Football Center
- The entrance lobby of the Student-Athlete Success Center
“We are grateful to the Jones family for their extraordinary gift which will directly benefit the development of Razorback student-athletes for many years to come,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long said. “It is only fitting that the Jones family, which is committed to the ideals of higher education and has been so deeply intertwined with the University of Arkansas for decades, is an integral part of the most impactful intercollegiate athletics’ facility we will have on campus. The Jerry and Gene Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center will serve as inspiration to all current and future Razorback student-athletes, reminding them of the limitless opportunities available when they combine a degree from a nationally respected institution with the invaluable experiences gained through competing in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Arkansas.”
“The University of Arkansas is a special place and has meant so much to me and our entire family,” Jerry Jones said. “We are honored to have the opportunity to give back to an institution, an athletics program and a state that has been such an instrumental part of our lives. My experiences at the University of Arkansas as a student-athlete under the legendary Coach Frank Broyles helped shape me as a man and guide me on my future career path. I would not be where I am today without those life lessons learned as a student-athlete at the University of Arkansas."
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