Though any good university may have filled the same role for an exceptionally bright an enterprising person with a modest background, Bloomberg is know to speci

Though any good university may have filled the same role for an exceptionally bright an enterprising person with a modest background, Bloomberg is know to specifically credit Johns Hopkins as almost a beginning of his life completely different from what he had known before. This NYT article goes into more depth about its transformative role, his later significant donations, and how he valued rigorous social science research when mayor. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/nyregion/at-1-1-billion-bloomberg-is-top-university-donor-in-us.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/nyregion/at-1-1-billion-bl...