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December 19, 2007

Local Real Estate Developer Remembers Father with Gift to UNM’s Anderson School of Management
Donation will complete the creation of the Student Center at the Anderson Student and Financial Services Center

Local real estate developer Steven P. Jackson wanted to remember and honor his father, Paul R. Jackson, in a way that would recognize all he had done for his community in Albuquerque throughout the years. The elder Jackson, who passed away in 1982, was a respected local insurance businessman, former board member at Citizen’s Bank and influential leader in Albuquerque who believed in giving back to his community through education. Today, he would be proud to know that his son is following in his footsteps with the announcement of a generous donation to the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management.

“I lost my father when I was very young,” said Steven. “He did a lot for me and this is something I really wanted to do for him.”

The generous donation is the centerpiece gift toward funding the $1.64 million Anderson Student Center and Financial Services Center. The recently completed project provides Anderson students a “home” where they can study and socialize together and attend a broad range of events.

The younger Jackson chose the Anderson School in part because the donation will allow UNM to memorialize his father by naming the new Anderson Student Center in his honor. Plans call for a dedication ceremony to officially name the center the Paul R. Jackson Student Center in late-January.

“This expression of faith in our students and their future gives encouragement to all of us at Anderson,” said interim ASM Dean Amy Wohlert. “We are very, very grateful to Mr. Jackson for providing the right help, at the right time to make an immediate difference in the success of Anderson’s mission.”

“We had always wanted to do something like this,” said Alistair Preston, professor of Accounting at Anderson and a long-time friend of Steven’s dating back 30 years when they met and went to school together in England. “The timing finally came together on this idea which we had talked about for a long time. It really is an indication that the Anderson Schools are worth investing in. One of the points of the gift is to stimulate the community to give back to the university.”

The donation, which was recently finalized, will also assist the school in providing students with greater access to services, more engagement and collaboration between students and faculty, and in leveraging new and additional donors to help support the mission of the Anderson School of Management.

The center, which is touted as a destination rather than a stopping point for students, also provides a venue for community events and outreach, including lectures, dinners and receptions, recruitment activities, informal interaction between faculty and students, a meeting place for student clubs and organizations, a gathering place for study groups and information distribution.

Steven Jackson grew up in Albuquerque, and is a graduate of the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently works with Argus Development.

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