Jones Gives $10.65 Million To Arkansas
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The University of Arkansas says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has given $10.65 million to help fund a soon to be completed athletic support center and establish a permanent tribute for the school's 1964 football national championship.
Jones played for Arkansas from 1962-64, when UA went 11-0 and was awarded a national title by the Football Writers Association of America.
His gift will help support a 55,000-square-foot center scheduled to open later this year. It includes academic and dining areas for athletes and will be named the Jerry and Gene Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center after Jones and his wife.
Also, the football locker room will be named after Jones and his son, Stephen.
The school also plans to build a "Wild Band of Razorbacks" monument honoring the 1964 national championship.
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