Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements donates $100 million to UT Southwestern Medical Center
By APFriday, June 12, 2009
Former Texas governor gives medical school $100M
DALLAS — Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements has given the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center a landmark $100 million gift.
Officials said Friday it’s the largest single gift in the school’s history.
There’s no restrictions on how the gift can be used.
UT Southwestern’s president, Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, says the school will use the money to improve the human condition.
Clements also gave the school $10 million in 2006 to complete a clinical and medical research facility.
He made his money as an oil drilling contractor. Clements founded SEDCO in 1947, which became the world’s largest oil and gas drilling contracting company. He retired as chairman in 1985.
Clements was governor from 1979 to 1983 and from 1987 to 1991.
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