Thai Entrepreneur Gives $22-Million to Texas College

The gift from Charn Uswachoke is the largest in the Denton, Texas, university’s history. Mr. Uswachoke earned his master’s degree in business administration from North Texas in 1973 before returning to his native Thailand, where he is a property developer.

The university’s colleges of music, engineering, and business will receive the money to support endowed professorships, scholarships, and a center for the study of energy-efficient materials, among other uses.