AT&T Pledges $25 Million for New Executive Education and Conference Center

At a ceremony held June 12 at the site of the new executive education and conference center on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin, AT&T pledged a $25 million gift to the McCombs School of Business to be applied to the construction cost of the facility.

Read the official press release.

“We are grateful to be the recipients of this major gift from AT&T,” said George W. Gau, dean of the McCombs School of Business. “It is a credit to our faculty, staff and students that a company of this reputation, history and market standing has chosen to make such a significant investment in our executive education efforts.”

The center, opening in August 2008, will be named the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center for the next 25 years.

Gau said he was particularly grateful to Red McCombs in helping arrange this gift from AT&T.

In addition to the financial contribution, the center will also be the recipient of the latest AT&T technology in communications, broadband, wireless and television services.

“This is an exciting time for our school,” Gau said.

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George W. Gau