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Sherrington: SMU finally breaks ground on new natatorium befitting its storied swimming and diving program

The Dallas Morning News

Jean McMillion and her husband Hall of Fame Swim Coach George McMillion celebrate the groundbreaking of SMU's Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center with the Barr-McMillion Natatorium in Dallas Friday Feb. 26, 2016. (Nathan Hunsinger The Dallas Morning News)

George McMillion goes back so far at SMU, he swam for the Mustangs before they re-opened Perkins Gym as a natatorium in the late ‘50s. And when the latest president came aboard, McMillion took him on a tour of the old Nat with the argument that they needed a new one.

“I agreed with him,” Gerald Turner said.