Professor’s Advice Still Resonates as Donor Gives Back to UNL, UNK Terry and Deb Gibbs are Burnett Society members who have established a planned gift to provide scholarship support for nontraditional students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and to support a discretionary fund for the electrical engineering department at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Terry, a UNL graduate, led the aviation department at UNK and served at the university for 29 years. Deb attended nursing school

Don Chamberlain first fell in love with computer programming at UNL. After a varied career in the computer industry, Don decided to give back to future students at his alma mater.

Jennifer Jennings, Ph.D., has established a planned gift to support scholarships and experiential learning opportunities for students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Read her Q&A.

Professor Emeritus Dennis Schulte, Ph.D., honored in 2023, and his wife Ruth Ann, are lifelong Nebraskans dedicated to education, establishing scholarships and including UNL in their estate plans.

Burnett Society member Tom McDonald is giving back to future graduate students after 45 years in his microbiology lab, where he worked to help people through science and discovery.