While laudable, it has some ego trip elements - he's not only thankful for the "mind discipline" his training endowed him with, but wants the department to bear

While laudable, it has some ego trip elements - he's not only thankful for the "mind discipline" his training endowed him with, but wants the department to bear his name. Really, a philosophy department named not after a famous local philosopher or distinguished scholar, but a wealthy financier that happened to study there? It a telling sign of our times.