Haslams' $130M Gift Catapults UT Knoxville Toward New Heights
Alumni Dee and Jimmy Haslam pledge a historic $130 million gift to UT Knoxville and the Haslam College of Business, with $100 million earmarked to attract top faculty and strengthen student-success initiatives, scholarships and undergraduate honors, and $30 million to recruit world-renowned faculty across the campus; the gift doubles down on UT’s student outcomes and research momentum, boosting the university’s workforce pipeline while bringing total Haslam giving to more than $195 million, as leaders and alumni including Peyton Manning and Governor Bill Lee praise the gift.