A small band of men with a passion for anonymity and public service last week slipped $35 million to a tiny branch of Princeton University: the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, which has a graduate student body of only 30. It was probably the biggest anonymous gift in the history of U.S. higher education. It was certainly the biggest gift in Princeton's 215-year history, and bigger than the total endowments of all but some 30 U.S. colleges.
The aim is "a new and unparalleled professional school" for Government policymakers. Founded in 1930, the Wood-row Wilson School follows its namesake's...
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