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re: Which SEC school has the most bigwigs?
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:13 am to nipplehead
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:13 am to nipplehead
Bama Slim...... I'm sure several of the Waltons do/did attend different schools. But the Walton Business School is a really good dept. at the U of A, IMO.
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Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:15 am to LSUbase13
YELLAWOOD 
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:18 am to Alabama Slim
Actually, one of the youngest Tyson's went to Yale recently
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:20 am to nipplehead
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that most economic indicators point to Vanderbilt as being the richest school in the SEC.
Depends on how you define rich.
If it is endowment bank account balance = VU
If it is the power to "point and buy" = Arkansas
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:45 am to nipplehead
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nipplehead
you're pretty delusional.
The lowest Walton Members bank account is more than 5 times that of VU's endowment.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:50 am to Alabama Slim
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do Waltons automatically graduate from Arky, with that much money I thik I could find a better school to attend. No offense intended Arky fans.
None taken. I don't know about the other colleges on campus, but the Walton College of Business is pretty damn good. The Waltons have poured tons of money into the business department over the years to try and pull us away from the national sterotype that we're all retarded. It seems to have worked out pretty well so far.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:52 am to akantho
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pull us away from the national sterotype that we're all retarded. It seems to have worked out pretty well so far.
It hasn't just yet.....but at least you admit the stereotype...
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:54 am to pankReb
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It hasn't just yet.....but at least you admit the stereotype...
Arkansas as a state is pretty dumb, but NWA/Fayetteville is pretty damn smart/civil
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:56 am to GoHoGsGo06
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Arkansas as a state is pretty dumb, but NWA/Fayetteville is pretty damn smart/civil
Yea, i know.....was jfwy.
Just like MS has the national stereotype of being toothless, over-all wearing cousin lovers.....
......even though that is pretty much secluded in and around the Starkville, MS area..
Posted on 7/21/09 at 9:59 am to pankReb
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Just like MS has the national stereotype of being toothless, over-all wearing cousin lovers.....
......even though that is pretty much secluded in and around the Starkville, MS area..
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:00 am to pankReb
Arkansas' endowment is approaching the $1 billion mark.
Vandy has a big head start on everybody else in the SEC. They've been rich for a long time.
We're new money, for sure. The academic reputation of the University of Arkansas had made great strides in the past 15 years, and I only expect that pace to accelerate in the future.
Vandy has a big head start on everybody else in the SEC. They've been rich for a long time.
We're new money, for sure. The academic reputation of the University of Arkansas had made great strides in the past 15 years, and I only expect that pace to accelerate in the future.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:01 am to nipplehead
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We're not talking about the richest family. You are assuming that Walton family money is interchangeable with University money. It's not.
VU is a wealthier institution, period. The facts are not on your side.
This thread is not on your side......"Bigwigs" is in reference to rich, powerful people.......not the school itself.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:05 am to nipplehead
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And VU, like it or not, has more of those than anyone else in the SEC.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:07 am to nipplehead
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If you have an endowment that is 3 times what other SEC universities have, that's a sign that
rich, powerful people are giving to the university. And VU, like it or not, has more of those than anyone else in the SEC.
You DO realize how expensive it is to get into Vandy right? Their tuition costs are insane for SEC levels and more than makes up for their smaller student body.
One academic year at Vandy: $54,718
The average tuition costs for one academic year at a 4-year school: $5,836
This explains Vandy's high endowment.
This post was edited on 7/21/09 at 10:12 am
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:10 am to nipplehead
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I do. The student body is very wealthy... which leads to wealthy alums.. which leads to the richest school in the SEC.
Were you born stupid? or just become that way at ND?
This post was edited on 7/21/09 at 10:11 am
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:11 am to pankReb
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If you have an endowment that is 3 times what other SEC universities have, that's a sign that rich, powerful people are giving to the university. And VU, like it or not, has more of those than anyone else in the SEC.
If your parents are millionaires and let you sit around on a particular portion but my parents are billionaires and don't keep as much sitting around with me, at the end of the day my parents are still wealthier than yours.
This post was edited on 7/21/09 at 10:12 am
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:11 am to pankReb
University Endowment as of 2008
Vanderbilt University $3.48 billion
University of Florida $1.21 billion
University of Alabama System $1.00 billion
University of Arkansas $876 million
University of Tennessee System $867 million
University of Kentucky $831 million
Louisiana State University System $593 million
University of Georgia $572 million
University of Mississippi $495 million
University of South Carolina $438 million
Auburn University $378 million
Mississippi State University $350.5 million
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Vanderbilt University $3.48 billion
University of Florida $1.21 billion
University of Alabama System $1.00 billion
University of Arkansas $876 million
University of Tennessee System $867 million
University of Kentucky $831 million
Louisiana State University System $593 million
University of Georgia $572 million
University of Mississippi $495 million
University of South Carolina $438 million
Auburn University $378 million
Mississippi State University $350.5 million
LINK
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:13 am to wmr
Guys, let Vandy win at something besides football vs. Houston Nutt for a change.
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:16 am to wmr
The 20 Richest Americans
William Gates III
Warren Buffett
Lawrence Ellison
Jim Walton
S Robson Walton
Alice Walton
Christy Walton & Family
Michael Bloomberg
Charles Koch
David Koch
Michael Dell
Paul Allen
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Sheldon Adelson
Steven Ballmer
Abigail Johnson
Jack Taylor & Family
Anne Cox Chambers
Bold = Billionaires
And that is only the Waltons. We still have Tyson and JB Hunt in the back pocket
William Gates III
Warren Buffett
Lawrence Ellison
Jim Walton
S Robson Walton
Alice Walton
Christy Walton & Family
Michael Bloomberg
Charles Koch
David Koch
Michael Dell
Paul Allen
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Sheldon Adelson
Steven Ballmer
Abigail Johnson
Jack Taylor & Family
Anne Cox Chambers
Bold = Billionaires
And that is only the Waltons. We still have Tyson and JB Hunt in the back pocket
This post was edited on 7/21/09 at 10:17 am
Posted on 7/21/09 at 10:18 am to nipplehead
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I do. The student body is very wealthy... which leads to wealthy alums.. which leads to the richest school in the SEC.
This isn't about just wealthy alums or richest school either. This is about which school has the most people whose wealth greatly stands out from the crowd.
If you have the backing of say Wal-mart or Tyson chicken.....THAT is a bigwig. Or say you have ties to Microsoft or Apple or some other multi-billion dollar corporation.
We aren't talking about someone whose net worth is in the 8 figure range. This is 9 figures or more.
You have a valid argument to a point....your problem is that point has nothing to do with this thread.
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