Eccentric gifts can also reveal a donor's dark side. A former government employee, who spent most of his career behind the Iron Curtain, left a southern university property that included a sealed, underground bunker. Others find revenge the gift that keeps on giving. An alumnus from one college made a donation to help construct faculty offices to honor a professor who had flunked him, guaranteeing that every time the professor passed the plaque he would be reminded of the student's success. But bull semen, Virginia Tech accepts enthusiastically.
Experts find an important point at the intersection of philanthropy and eccentricity.
Besides, diversity is inseparable from creativity. Now that would be eccentric. Inc. All rights reserved.