Cornell U. gets $25M gift for economics school
June 9, 2010 The school will be named after Dyson's late father, Charles, a
pioneer in the high-finance field of leveraged buyouts who helped
organize the International Monetary Fund.
Some 800 graduate and undergraduate students are enrolled at
Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management, which
opened in 1909. The gift will elevate the department to the status
of a school.
Dyson, a Cornell graduate, was named to head the power authority
by Gov. Hugh Carey. He also served as a deputy mayor under New York
City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and started a highly rated winery in
the Hudson Valley.
