Does naming a division after a someone make it seem more prestigious?

simba9
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:58:18 +0000

Berkeley’s law school used to be officially called the “Boalt Hall School of Law.” They changed it to “UC Berkeley School of Law” in 2007.

I’m not impressed when a department or school within a university gets named after someone. It feels like the school is selling out, and the person giving the donation is doing it to satisfy their ego rather than for philanthropic reasons. It also bugs me when when public facilities get named after politicians and bureaucrats.

As an aside, does anyone else think DeVry’s Keller Graduate School of Management was purposely named to sound like Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management?