50 Heroes: H. Paul Dorman

When entering Tulane University to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degree, Paul Dorman’s father paid his first year’s tuition. From there, he was on his own, working full-time at his father’s company at night and attending Tulane during the day. More than 60 years later, Mr. Dorman committed $3.2 million to the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine to cover the first-year tuition for its entire inaugural class of 60. The irony was not lost on him. “My father’s company helped me help myself, which is what I hope I’m doing for the MD School students,” he says with a smile.

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