20 Facts about Yale Posted on August 1, 2015November 7, 2026 by TFE Times Yale University is named after Elihu Yale, “the most overrated philanthropist in history,” instead of main philanthropist Jeremiah Dummer, because Dummer College would have been a bad name. Related Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
