1.   The school raised the money through donations from generous alumni.

2.   Ashok Gumbhir, a UMKC pharmacy professor, said he remembered Courtney as a capable student and a generous alumnus.

3.   Athletic directors, awash in television revenues from football and basketball programs and generous alumni donations, are increasingly running their departments as independent fiefs.

4.   Even Swarthmore with its enormous endowment and generous alumni may someday be vulnerable.