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What surprised me even more was that it was only the 14th largest donation in history made to higher education. Here's the list if anyone else was wondering: ht
by testcock1 15y ago
What surprised me even more was that it was only the 14th largest donation in history made to higher education. Here's the list if anyone else was wondering: http://chronicle.com/stats/big_gifts.htm http://chronicle.com/stats/big_gifts.htm
- ehsanu1 15y agoThat list is slightly outdated, missing the $10b endowment for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (endowed by its namesake). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Abdullah_University_of_Science_and_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Abdullah_University_of_Sci...
- threpinatoy 15y agoDoes a large endowment incentivize murder?
- sp332 15y agoI'm sure the document has a clause which invalidates the donation if they murder him for the money.
- bostonpete 15y agoAn endowment of a public university by a king seems like a far cry from a "private donation" (which that list presents) to me...
- mahmud 15y agoKing Abdullah's is not a donation or an endowment. It's a drop in the bucket; the royal family giving to the people less than a fraction of one percent of what they looted from the country, and its wealth.