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How does that make him less humble? He donated ~25 million to the University, the University decided to name their school of Computer Science after him.
by pook1e 15y ago
How does that make him less humble? He donated ~25 million to the University, the University decided to name their school of Computer Science after him.
- tlrobinson 15y agoOr did he donate 25 million to have the CS school named after him?
- pork 15y agoYes, we don't know, so lets pick the one that is expedient to our biases.
- cog314 15y ago1. It costs a lot of money to rename something like a school: new signage, new namecards, new letterheads, etc. etc. Money that could instead be used on education. 2. Once a school is named after a person, that significantly reduces the likelihood of a future donor who would only donate if their name were adopted. Given the above actual cost and opportunity cost, some might find it reasonable to guess that schools only ever rename themselves after rich but less-well-known (i.e. not Nobel-prize-winning) people if the donation is contingent on it.