>>> my alma mater, the College of William & Mary, was founded in 1693 (second only to Harvard, which was founded in 1636) Bah! ;-) My alma mater, the Universit

>>> my alma mater, the College of William & Mary, was founded in 1693 (second only to Harvard, which was founded in 1636) Bah! ;-) My alma mater, the University of Edinburgh, was founded in 1583, yet is still young compared to Oxford and Cambridge. However, even the oldest or 'best' universities in the UK have tiny endowments compared to their US counterparts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_universities_by_endowment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_universities_by_endo...