he has been a member of the southern methodist university board of trustees since 1992. he is chair of the board's finance committee and a member of its executive committee, trusteeship committee, committee on athletics and executive committee of the campaign for smu. he also currently serves as co-chair of the dedman college campaign committee and on the executive board of dedman school of law. he is a former member of the executive boards of dedman college of humanities and sciences, cox school of business, john goodwin tower center for political studies and "willis m. tate distinguished lecture series". he has also served as a regent for the texas a&m university system. he donated us$20 million to build the new football stadium at smu, named the gerald j. ford stadium. he also donated us$10 million to the weill cornell medical college at cornell university.