A crowd of about 700 people—donors, alumni, students, faculty and staff—gathered in the Armstrong Field House on May 3 for the dedication of the David B. Miller Business Quadrangle, the expanded and renovated home of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business. The celebration took place two years after the May 2022 groundbreaking of the $140 million project.

The Miller Business Quadrangle expands the Cox School footprint by 32% and benefits from input by corporate partners, donors, students, faculty, staff and leaders. In addition to the three existing buildings—Fincher, Crow and Maguire—new elements include four buildings, a commons area, a courtyard and a reading room. The new facilities also reflect best practices from leading business schools across the country. (Read more about how SMU Cox’s new home reflects the future of business education.)

Major donors to the David B. Miller Business Quadrangle cut the ribbon to celebrate the dedication of the newly renovated home of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business on May 3, 2024.

Dean Matthew Myers said the new Miller Business Quadrangle is part of an upward trajectory for the Cox School and the University. “SMU and Cox play a big part in the North Texas economy, and we’re proud of that,” he said. “From this moment forward, though, we are a global player.

“You’ve heard me say it before because it’s true: You can’t have a world-class city without a world-class business school, and you can’t have a world-class business school without investment in world-class faculty, world-class students and world-class facilities. The future of Dallas, SMU and the Cox School are inextricably linked, and let there be no doubt that together, there are no boundaries to our future.”

SMU President R. Gerald Turner explained that the Miller Business Quadrangle is one of the first major projects of the $1.5 billion SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow campaign, which will continue through 2028. President Turner and Dean Myers thanked the more than 350 donors who have contributed to the project, in particular lead donors Carolyn Miller and SMU Board of Trustees Chair David B. Miller, BBA ’72, MBA ’73.

The couple built momentum for the project and the campaign with a $50 million gift in 2019. Miller said he is asked frequently what motivated him. “My answer, very simply, is that it felt like the right and good thing to do.”

Donors have gotten a sneak peek of the new facilities during guided construction tours, while final touches continue on the interior. Faculty and staff are moving in through the summer, with the building open for the start of classes in August.