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Enterprising student [[Matt Hundley]] suggested the snappier replacement name ''Operation: Iron Hymen'', but the [[administration]] has yet to recognize it.   
 
Enterprising student [[Matt Hundley]] suggested the snappier replacement name ''Operation: Iron Hymen'', but the [[administration]] has yet to recognize it.   
  
Examples of financially impregnable colleges and universities include:
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Examples of financially impregnable colleges and universities include:<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment#_note-harvard List of colleges and universities by endowment] - Wikipedia article</ref>
* Harvard University
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* Yale University
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* Princeton University
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!Institution
* Northwestern University
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!Endowment (2006)
* Grinnell College
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|Harvard University
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$28,915,000,000
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|Yale University
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$18,030,000,000
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|-
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|Princeton University
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$13,044,000,000
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|-
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|Northwestern University
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$5,140,000,000
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|Grinnell College
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$1,471,000,000
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|[[Knox College]]<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x11922.xml Knox Receives $10-Million Gift] - from Knox Web site</ref>
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$54,100,000
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==References==
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Revision as of 01:30, 14 May 2007

Roger Taylor uses the term a lot to explain his goal for fund raising at Knox. Some suspect he made it up. Enterprising student Matt Hundley suggested the snappier replacement name Operation: Iron Hymen, but the administration has yet to recognize it.

Examples of financially impregnable colleges and universities include:[1]

Institution Endowment (2006)
Harvard University

$28,915,000,000

Yale University

$18,030,000,000

Princeton University

$13,044,000,000

Northwestern University

$5,140,000,000

Grinnell College

$1,471,000,000

Knox College[2]

$54,100,000

References