The David B. Jones foundation has gifted Augustana University with $1,000,000 dollars to endow a chair in the name of David B. Jones in the Anthropology/Archeology Department.....

This grant will allow Augustana University to always have a tenured Professor in the Archelogy/Anthropology department that will carry on David’s passion in archeology. The funds will help pay for the salary of the Professor, field work and general administrative expenses of the department. This gift creates an enduring legacy in David’s name. This professorship, to be endowed in perpetuity, will both provide financial stability to Augustana’s programs, and recognize David’s quest for knowledge, love of teaching young people, and passion for paleontology and archeology.