Jerry Jones's family makes $10.65M gift to Arkansas athletics
Jerry Jones and his wife Gene have made a gift of $10.65 million to Razorback Athletics, the University of Arkansas announced in a statement on Wednesday.
The donation will support:
- The soon-to-be completed Student-Athlete Sucess Center
- A Wild Band of Razorbacks monument as 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
Jones, the current owner, President, and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys, is a former Razorback football student-athlete and a member of the Arkansas 1964 national championship football team.
A recommendation has been made to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees to name the new facility the Jerry and Gene Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center. The football locker room will be named the Jerry and Stephen Jones Locker Room, while the entrance lobby of the proposed Jerry and Gene Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center will be named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Chambers, Gene Jones' parents.
"The University of Arkansas is a special place and has meant so much to me and our entire family," said Jerry Jones. "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."
The Jones’ gift is a combination of cash to be paid over a five-year period and land donated to the Razorback Foundation, Inc.