Gift Creates McKenzie Ballroom at Merket Alumni Center

February 10, 2009

By: Kristina Butler

The $4 million capital campaign to double the meeting space in the Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) Merket Alumni Center received a major boost Feb. 10 when a $500,000 donation by Michael “Mickey” and Barbara Esslinger McKenzie of Sulphur Springs was announced by Mark Griffin, member of the Texas Tech University Board of Regents.