Kendall and Holmes have committed a significant contribution — the University’s largest planned gift of cash recorded to date — to establish the Rob Kendall and Tony Holmes Travel Award To Honor Rick Brettell. The fund will provide UT Dallas students opportunities to design and experience one-of-a-kind trips, both international and domestic, unrelated to specific academic requirements. “I have loved to travel as long as I can remember,” said Kendall, owner of Rob Kendall Presents, a company that organizes unique experiences for small group travel. In 2016, Brettell arranged for two UT Dallas students to join one of the trips to Mexico, where the group explored Puebla and Mexico City. “It is Rick who inspired this gift of experience for many future students,” Kendall said.