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I told the university CS department that I wanted to endow a chair there. Not a professorship -- an actual chair, that you can sit in. They'd heard that joke

I told the university CS department that I wanted to endow a chair there. Not a professorship -- an actual chair, that you can sit in. They'd heard that joke before, unfortunately. I think they're missing a financial opportunity here :)

ThrowawayR2 3y ago
Perhaps they could have persuaded if you'd pointed out that support for the fundaments of researchers is just as sorely needed as support for research of fundamentals, dohohoho.
- smcin 3y ago
  Is that the race to the bottom?
chihuahua 3y ago
Did they refuse to take your money? That seems unusual. They could have taken your money, and written your name on the underside of the chair with a Sharpie pen.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  It didn't get to that stage, unfortunately.
theoldlove 3y ago
Faculty chairs do come with physical chairs. The ones I’ve seen are nice, wooden chairs with a little metal plaque with the title and the holder of the chair. I suspect new chairs are purchased for each new holder of the title, and you get to permanently keep yours.
m463 3y ago
I've noticed lots of universities and parks have mr-and-mrs-financial-benefactor benches on their grounds...
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Was in an entire classroom that had a plaque on each seat's fold-down desk thingy. They didn't sell them all, particularly at the back of the class. One of our classmates and their year was scratched in while they took a nap... I should check if it's still there.
stephencanon 3y ago
You can just stick a plaque on a chair. No one will stop you. My officemates and I had a set made for our office in the math department at Berkeley.
ta988 3y ago
Lots of universities sell benches and bricks for a few hundred to a thousand dollars. The reality is that it is all used to siphon money to add more administrators. The money of endowments gets to the real mission of the university and student and state funding can go to the ever growing caste.

ThrowawayR2 3y ago

Perhaps they could have persuaded if you'd pointed out that support for the fundaments of researchers is just as sorely needed as support for research of fundamentals, dohohoho.

smcin 3y ago
Is that the race to the bottom?

chihuahua 3y ago

Did they refuse to take your money? That seems unusual. They could have taken your money, and written your name on the underside of the chair with a Sharpie pen.

AlbertCory 3y ago
It didn't get to that stage, unfortunately.

theoldlove 3y ago

Faculty chairs do come with physical chairs. The ones I’ve seen are nice, wooden chairs with a little metal plaque with the title and the holder of the chair. I suspect new chairs are purchased for each new holder of the title, and you get to permanently keep yours.

m463 3y ago

I've noticed lots of universities and parks have mr-and-mrs-financial-benefactor benches on their grounds...

Scoundreller 3y ago
Was in an entire classroom that had a plaque on each seat's fold-down desk thingy. They didn't sell them all, particularly at the back of the class. One of our classmates and their year was scratched in while they took a nap... I should check if it's still there.

stephencanon 3y ago

You can just stick a plaque on a chair. No one will stop you. My officemates and I had a set made for our office in the math department at Berkeley.

ta988 3y ago

Lots of universities sell benches and bricks for a few hundred to a thousand dollars. The reality is that it is all used to siphon money to add more administrators. The money of endowments gets to the real mission of the university and student and state funding can go to the ever growing caste.