The endowment from alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance will support the fearless spirit of open inquiry. By Eric Swedlund, College of Humanities Wednesday Standing, from left: University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, Jacquelynn Dorrance and College of Humanities Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. Seated: Bennett Dorrance. The Dorrances gift will help further the ideals of free speech and unity and strengthen the integration of traditional and cutting-edge approaches to humanities teaching and learning, they said. Ruben Aguirre
Alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance have made a gift commitment of $5.4 million to endow the deanship of the University of Arizona College of Humanities in support of efforts to integrate traditional and cutting-edge approaches into humanities teaching and learning.