I got the opposite vibe. The Pearsons pledge $100 million to run an entire cutting edge research facility.

Ok, sure.

> In the suit, the Pearsons declared that they had lost all confidence that the University would be “an appropriate or capable steward of the Pearson Family legacy” as it had allegedly failed to fulfill several key contractual obligations that were agreed upon when the gift was made.

For this paltry sum, do all this work and take my name into the next century. All for $100 million

It’s a large amount for an individual. It’s peanuts for a mandate of “build a bleeding edge research org that will churn out ideas that take us into the next century.”