The University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education has received $10 million from James Cox Kennedy to set up a new institute and endow three faculty chairs.

The gift for the James C. Kennedy Institute for Educational Success, made in part through the Denver Foundation, seeks to identify ways to promote the educational success of vulnerable children from early childhood through post-secondary education.

Kennedy is the CEO of Cox Enterprises, which owns Cox Communications Inc., Cox Newspapers, Cox Television and Cox Radio, among other businesses.

He graduated from DU in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and is a past member of DU's Board of Trustees.