Former Kansas University Chancellor Archie Dykes and his wife, Nancy, have given $100,000 to KU to address the university’s deferred maintenance backlog.

Dykes, KU’s 13th chancellor, served from 1973 until 1980.

“Having been chancellor, I know firsthand the difficulty the university experiences in securing sufficient funds for maintenance programs,” Dykes said in a release. “There is always a critical need, sometimes very critical, for maintenance initiatives that mean much to the university’s academic and research pursuits.”

Kansas allows donors who make a gift toward deferred maintenance to qualify for a 45 percent tax credit.

Numerous KU buildings are still in need of work on ventilation systems, electrical, plumbing, window and doors and work to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.