Thursday, August 11, 2011
Which robber barons started a university?
Daniel Drew was ociated with schools which eventually became Drew University. James Buchanan Duke was obviously affiliated with Duke University, but also Davidson College, Furman University, and Johnson C. Smith University. Henry Morrison Flagler was a major donor to the University of North Carolina (the business school there is the Keenan-Flagler School). Milton Hershey's money built the medical school for Penn State University. Henry Plant gave a huge donation (at the time) to the Connecticut College for Women. John D. Rockefeller funded the college which later became Spelman College, and also donated heavily to Denison College. And last, but probably most significantly, Leland Stanford founded Stanford University.
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