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Two retired teachers have left $2.5 million of their estate to the University of Arizona to found two research chairs.

Murray and Clara Walker, both of whom taught at Phoenix high schools, endowed chairs in emphysema and ophthalmology research at the UA's College of Medicine, according to a Friday news release from the UA Foundation.

The money donated to the foundation, the university's nonprofit fund-raising arm, will be invested to produce annual payouts that will support the chairs and increase research in the two areas, Keith Joiner, the medical college's dean, said in the news release.

"This very significant support for vision and respiratory research will make a meaningful difference for people with breathing difficulty and low vision," Joiner said.

Clara Walker was born in Willcox and graduated from the UA with a bachelor's degree in education. She taught history, government and economics at West Phoenix High School, retiring in 1969.

Her husband, a WWII veteran, taught biology at Carl Hayden High School. He died several years ago, after a 10-year battle with emphysema. Clara Walker died last fall.

Through savings and investments, the Walkers accumulated an estate of $6 million. They also left part of their estate to Arizona State University and the Arizona Historical Society.