<p>sorry for totally hijacking this thread, but food for thought:</p>
<p>a $5,000 donation in 1804, if adjusted for inflation, is only about $72,000 today. Obviously this would be no where near enough to rename Brown now. My question is: How much do you think it would take? How much is the brand name of “Brown University” worth?</p>
<p>Some relevant info:
Sidney Frank donated $100 million, got a new building renamed after him
Warren Alpert donated $100 million, got medical school named after him</p>
<p>The endowment increased 1.5x in 3 years ([List</a> of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment]List”>List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment - Wikipedia)) so I’ll say you would have to probably at least give double the endowment, if not more. I was about to write $6 billion would be enough, but I feel like I would push for $10 billion if I were Brown.</p>