HOUSTON, Oct. 5 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

Latest gifts name signature campus spaces as UH nears 100th anniversary

By Bryan Luhn

As the University of Houston's $1 billion Centennial Campaign enters the home stretch, a $2.5 million gift is helping reshape the heart of campus for the University's next century.

The gift from The Cullen Foundation, one of UH's oldest and most generous supporters, will support the University's Centennial grounds transformation and name Cullen Lawn within Centennial Plaza, one of several signature outdoor spaces taking shape across campus.

The naming of the lawn continues a relationship that dates to 1938, when Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen made UH's first major phila...