Weidner funds UAA business school chair.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

Dean Weidner, owner of Weidner Property Management, pledged to donate $3 million to establish an endowed chair in the University of Alaska Anchorage's College of Business and Public Policy. The Weidner Chair in Business Management will help the college offer students opportunities to learn from top professors or business professionals skilled in a specific field.

In 2006 Weidner donated $1 million to UAA to create an emphasis in real estate and property management within the Bachelor of Business Administration finance degree. The first appointment to the Weidner Chair will be a professor of property management and real estate. The person selected for the role will work with the Alaska business community, pursue relevant research and develop an expanded curriculum to...