Advisory Board

Donald Pitt

Donald was educated in the Tucson public school system and graduated from the UA College of Law in 1955. Following his tour of duty as an officer in the U.S. Army, he returned to Tucson in 1957 and formed the law firm of Merchant, Parkman, Miller and Pitt, which today is known as Miller, Pitt & Feldman. During and after Donald’s law career, he actively engaged in the commercial real estate field as a developer/owner of over 3,000,000 sq. ft. of office buildings, hotels, apartments, condominiums, shopping centers, and subdivision properties throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Another facet of Donald’s career was the athletic and entertainment fields, including founding the Phoenix Suns and serving as the president until 1986, involvement in the founding ownership of the Arizona Diamondbacks, owning KVOA TV, Tucson’s NBC affiliate, and serving on the Board of Directors of Filmways, subsequently known as Orion Pictures.

Donald’s longtime commitment to education has allowed him to serve in a variety of roles. He served eleven years as a member of the Arizona Board of Regents, Vice Chairman of Tucson Unified School District’s Committee to Desegregate Tucson Schools, Chairman of the Fenster School Board, and presently Co-Chair of the Education Task Force for Southern Arizona Leadership Council. As a former board member of the University of Arizona Hospital, he was instrumental in converting the hospital from a state-operated facility to a non-profit corporation and in creating the UA Campus research park, where he served as President of the Board of Directors for over fifteen years.