J im Nantz just donated one million dollars of his own money to the University of Houston’s Nantz Leadership Society in an emotional talk to university supporters, PaperCity has learned. Nantz told the 400 people who pledged support to the new leadership society that bears his family name on Wednesday that he felt he needed to show leadership and lead with his own support of UH.

“I had great parents, they did a lot for me,” Nantz tells PaperCity . “And they were there with me (in spirit) when I stood in front of that group of 400 people who believed in the Nantz Leadership Society. I felt their presence there. I felt their pull. Because they’re in my heart all the time.

“I felt their presence there encouraging me to lead.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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