The life-long generosity of former state Rep. Alonzo Jamison ('39) soon will be making a big difference at UNT. This summer, the university received $1.5 million from Jamison's estate to support the UNT President's Loyalty Fund.

The gift has created the Alonzo and Elizabeth Jamison Endowment Fund, which will be used by the president to fund scholarships, strengthen academic programs and support research. Jamison represented Denton County in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years and served as a UNT faculty member briefly before his death in 2011 at the age of 93. Elizabeth, his wife of 62 years and a former English teacher, died in 2009.