A $1.5 million commitment from Don Millican ('74) and his wife, Donna, established an endowed chair in accounting in the UNT College of Business.

Ananth Seetharaman, the inaugural holder of the Don and Donna Millican Endowed Chair in Accounting, joined UNT in August after serving as the Ernst & Young Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Accounting at Saint Louis University.

Under his leadership there, the undergraduate and graduate accounting programs gained national prominence, with rankings in the top 25 nationally by U.S. News & World Report.