Was thinking about something.....

While cal's professional schools (Haas, Goldmand, formerly Bolt) have been named none of the colleges have. Is that for lack of success or policy.

meanwhile

Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD)
Bourns College of Engineering (UCR)
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (UCI)
Samueli School of Engineering (UCLA)

Etc. etc.

Interesting. There's the Travers Department of Political Science, but also looks like most departments aren't named either.

Price is not right yet. You want Cal engineering you better come with at least 9 zeros.

I can tell you that the University of Michigan School of Business Business Administration became the Stephen M Ross School of Business in 2004. If I recall correctly from the alumni magazine, Ross (a UM alum who made a fortune in New York real estate) inquired about making a donation for a named building and the response was something like, "Well, for $100m, we'll name the whole place after you." So, I'd guess Cal's Engineering College would go for at least $500m and maybe Oski87's nine-zero prediction is correct.

UM was far ahead of UC in realizing that their state's finances would not be able to support the university as it once did and they began actively courting major donations in the 1980s. This doesn't mean they were smarter than UC Admin, but the shuttered auto plants and urban blight made it painfully clear the times were a changin'.

HearstMining said:

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I can tell you that the University of Michigan School of Business Business Administration became the Stephen M Ross School of Business in 2004. If I recall correctly from the alumni magazine, Ross (a UM alum who made a fortune in New York real estate) inquired about making a donation for a named building and the response was something like, "Well, for $100m, we'll name the whole place after you." So, I'd guess Cal's Engineering College would go for at least $500m and maybe Oski87's nine-zero prediction is correct.

UM was far ahead of UC in realizing that their state's finances would not be able to support the university as it once did and they began actively courting major donations in the 1980s. This doesn't mean they were smarter than UC Admin, but the shuttered auto plants and urban blight made it painfully clear the times were a changin'.

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Yeah, well, I remember reading an article about how the Univ. of Michigan helped Ross lower his taxes by going along with vastly inflated valuations of property donations. There may be questionable motives behind some of these types of deals.

StrawberryCanyon said:

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HearstMining said:

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I can tell you that the University of Michigan School of Business Business Administration became the Stephen M Ross School of Business in 2004. If I recall correctly from the alumni magazine, Ross (a UM alum who made a fortune in New York real estate) inquired about making a donation for a named building and the response was something like, "Well, for $100m, we'll name the whole place after you." So, I'd guess Cal's Engineering College would go for at least $500m and maybe Oski87's nine-zero prediction is correct.

UM was far ahead of UC in realizing that their state's finances would not be able to support the university as it once did and they began actively courting major donations in the 1980s. This doesn't mean they were smarter than UC Admin, but the shuttered auto plants and urban blight made it painfully clear the times were a changin'.

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Yeah, well, I remember reading an article about how the Univ. of Michigan helped Ross lower his taxes by going along with vastly inflated valuations of property donations. There may be questionable motives behind some of these types of deals.

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I wasn't applauding UM's action in accepting the Ross donation, I was simply relating the story as an example of how a department/school/college may suddenly acquire a name and what the cost of that might be. Major donors didn't get where they are financially by ignoring tax breaks and I'm pretty sure any university cuts this sort of deal with a major donor when the opportunity permits. Nonetheless, I'm a UM alum (MBA 1980), don't give a damn about their football team, and stopped donating when they gave Sam Zell, an unscrupulous SOB, some award back in the early 2000s.

socaltownie said:

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Was thinking about something.....

While cal's professional schools (Haas, Goldmand, formerly Bolt) have been named none of the colleges have. Is that for lack of success or policy.

meanwhile

Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD)
Bourns College of Engineering (UCR)
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (UCI)
Samueli School of Engineering (UCLA)

Etc. etc.

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Rausser College of Natural Resources

GoCal80 said:

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socaltownie said:

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Was thinking about something.....

While cal's professional schools (Haas, Goldmand, formerly Bolt) have been named none of the colleges have. Is that for lack of success or policy.

meanwhile

Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD)
Bourns College of Engineering (UCR)
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (UCI)
Samueli School of Engineering (UCLA)

Etc. etc.

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Rausser College of Natural Resources

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TY!!! I had spaced that

HearstMining said:

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UM was far ahead of UC in realizing that their state's finances would not be able to support the university as it once did and they began actively courting major donations in the 1980s. This doesn't mean they were smarter than UC Admin, but the shuttered auto plants and urban blight made it painfully clear the times were a changin'.

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You would think Reagan cutting UC budgets in the 60s would've also sent the same message.

concernedparent said:

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HearstMining said:

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UM was far ahead of UC in realizing that their state's finances would not be able to support the university as it once did and they began actively courting major donations in the 1980s. This doesn't mean they were smarter than UC Admin, but the shuttered auto plants and urban blight made it painfully clear the times were a changin'.

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You would think Reagan cutting UC budgets in the 60s would've also sent the same message.

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It did, and it did.