Pat Walker has done it again.

She and her late husband Willard gave the $$ for the UA indoor football facility, enough to the football stadium to receive an entry, a plaque inside Walton Arena, etc, etc.

Now, $8 million to the Walton College of Business.

What fine people they have been to the UA.

WPS

WALKER FOUNDATION PROVIDES $8 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT GRADUATE BUSINESS BUILDING

The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation will provide $8 million to the University of Arkansas to construct the Willard J. Walker Graduate Business Building of the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

The building will be named for the late Willard Walker, in honor of his success in retail management as an exceptional business leader and his contribution to the creation and development of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

A location has been identified and reserved in the University of Arkansas master plan for a building to be constructed adjacent to the existing Business Building and across from the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development. The intention is to construct it as a companion to these two buildings.

UA Chancellor John A. White will recommend to President B. Alan Sugg and the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees that they approve the naming at their next meeting.

"We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of the entire Walker family and want to thank them for their philanthropy," White said. "They have left their mark not just on the University of Arkansas campus, but across the State of Arkansas. They have supported so many areas including health care, academics and athletics and we are grateful to count Pat, Johnny Mike and Debbie among our most loyal and special friends. I think it's a fitting tribute to Willard Walker, a man who rose to eminence in retail management, that a graduate school of business building be named for him. The Walkers are instrumental in helping this institution emerge as a nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world."

To read more about this gift, visit <a href='http://advancement.uark.edu/news/' target='_blank'>http://advancement.uark.edu/news/</a>.