Bob Barker donates $1 million Creates endowed professorship of Animal Rights

Drury's most famous alumnus, Dr. Bob Barker, made a return visit to campus Tuesday to give $1 million for the establishment of the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professorship of Animal Rights, named in honor of Barker's late wife.
"What we're doing here today is something they will be talking about all over the country," Barker said.
Dr. Barker has helped put Drury University on the map in terms of the unique course offering on the topic of animal ethics. The Animal Ethics course, established by Barker's first $1 million endowment, established Drury as the first undergraduate institution to offer a multi-disciplinary course on animal ethics.
The course analyzes animal ethics through the lenses of philosophy, criminology, psychology, religion and biology and is taught by experts in each of these fields to give the students a well-rounded, well-informed perspective on the issue.
The Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professorship of Animal Rights will allow this program to grow. It is the hope of Dr. Patricia McEachern, director of forum on animal rights, to use this endowment to eventually establish an entire program devoted to the study of animal ethics.
The Drury Mirror, Drury University, MO