Cornell University it named after Ezra Cornell, a rags-to-riches businessman of the early 19th century who had to forego schooling as a youngster and who vowed to set up an institution of higher learning in his home state of New York after he succeeded in business.
「康乃爾」來自人名﹘﹘依沙．康乃爾。他是十九世紀初一個白手起家的商人，幼年曾受失學之苦，事業有成後，亟思在發跡的紐約州成立一所高等學府以幫助州人。