"Join us as we build new legacies and forge a future of excellence at the Cox School of Business and beyond."


SMU President R. Gerald Turner

A New Building for A New Era

In 2020, the Cox School of Business celebrated 100 years of business education at SMU. In that first century, the Cox School developed into one of the world’s premier business schools. Now in our second 100 years, we are expanding and renovating—evolving to anticipate the needs of our twenty-first century students and tomorrow’s business leaders. To instruct and inspire those future leaders, our new facility is designed to invite collaboration in what we call a 9-to-9 environment.

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In our new 9-to-9 environment , Cox Business School students will create new ideas and elicit in each other the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that is so critical to ensure a thriving economy and professional success.

Matthew B. Myers

Dean, Cox School of Business Tolleson Chair of Business Leadership David B. Miller Endowed Professor in Business

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Building for the Future


Take a tour of the Cox School as we build for the future, our second hundred years of business education at SMU.

David Miller’s SMU Donation Will Transform Business Education

Carolyn L. and David B. Miller, BBA ’72, MBA ’73, made history in October with a $50 million gift to SMU to drive innovative education at the Cox School of Business. The gift is the largest-ever to SMU from an individual donor family.

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Fueling The Future Of Business

A $15 million gift from Gina L. and Tucker S. Bridwell, BBA ’73, MBA ’74, to SMU Cox School of Business will generate transformational economic research and cutting-edge business education for generations to come.
SMU is a place that encourages students to think and lead. Gina and I can’t wait to see how future Mustangs, using their SMU education, change the business landscape.

Tucker S. Bridwell, BBA ’73, ‘MBA ‘74 President, Mansefeldt Investment Corporation and Dian Graves Owen Foundation

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Energizing Business Education

Sharoll and Bryan S. Sheffield Commit $15 Million To SMU Cox School of Business.
This facility will give our next-generation CEOs experience in a data-driven, collaborative environment – and the skills to build trust with customers. Combined, technology and public trust are critical to supporting our future energy landscape.

Bryan S. Sheffield, BBA ‘01 Founder & Managing Partner, Formentera Partners

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Investing in a culture of collaboration

An $11.5 million gift from Aurelia and Brad Heppner, BBA, BS, BA ’88, and their family to SMU Cox School of Business will strengthen the School’s commitment to fostering the leadership skills of tomorrow’s executives and to investing in groundbreaking research that impacts the business world.
With this gift, the Heppners will give SMU students the space to work together with each other and our faculty, making critical connections and sparking inventive ideas.

SMU President R. Gerald Turner

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Building enterprising spirit

A $7.5 million gift from Jane R. and Pat S. Bolin ’73 to SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will foster collaboration inside and outside the classroom, and strengthen students’ advanced data analysis skills.
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Fostering Enterprising Spirit

Kim and Bill Shaddock, MBA ‘74, Commit $6 Million to SMU Cox School of Business for Shaddock Hall.
I hope that this gift will help propel current and future students toward their own success, and that they, too, will pay it forward.

Bill Shaddock MBA ‘74

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Connecting the next generation

A $5 million gift from Katy A. and Kyle Miller ’01 to SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will create a place that will kindle productive partnerships and cultivate meaningful connections to fuel the success of the Cox community.
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For more information please contact Ashley Pitts
Director of Development,
Cox School of Business 
apitts@smu.edu or 214-768-4988
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