Lee ihe e dere n'okpuru ebe a ma zaa ajụjụ a na-eso ya n'otu asụsụ ahụ e dere n'ebe ahụ: E guzobere Mahadum Cornell na Eprel 27, 1865; ndị Senate nke New York State (NYS) nyere ikike ka mahadum ahụ bụrụ ụlọ ọrụ na-enye ala nke steeti ahụ. Senator Ezra Cornell nyere ugbo ya na Ithaca, New York, dị ka saịtị na $ 500,000 nke akụ na ụba ya dị ka onyinye mbụ. Onye otu onye senator na onye nkụzi Andrew Dickson White kwetara ịbụ onye isi ala mbụ. N'ime afọ atọ sochirinụ, White lekọtara owuwu nke ụlọ abụọ mbụ ma gaa njem iji dọta ụmụ akwụkwọ na ndị nkụzi. Mahadum ahụ mepere na October 7, 1868, ma ụmụ nwoke 412 debara aha ha n'ụbọchị na-esote. Ajụjụ: Olee onye senator guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ?
Ezra Cornell