Vanderbilt lands $5M gift

Vanderbilt University alumni and wife and husband Ginny Searcy and Conner Searcy have committed $5 million to create a dean’s chair at the College of Arts and Science.

According to a release, the Dallas-based couple previously endowed the Searcy Family Scholarship to support students in the College of Arts and Science, part of the overall Opportunity Vanderbilt financial aid program. Also, they have served as guest lectures and on multiple boards that promote the mission of arts and science and of the university as a whole.