HOUSTON, Sept. 14 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

Philanthropy honors influential law professor for lasting impact on students

By Bryan Luhn

$1.2 million gift supports faculty excellence: UH Law alumni Scott and Jessica Armstrong are establishing an endowed professorship in tort law to support teaching, research and scholarship.

Honoring an influential professor: The professorship is named for longtime UH Law professor Joseph Sanders, whose teaching and mentorship helped shape Scott Armstrong's legal career.

Distinguished scholar named inaugural holder: Sanders, a UH Law faculty member since 1983 and nationally recognized tort law scholar, will become the professorship's first holder this fall.



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