Respectable universities refused donor-directed funding for Hayek’s chair

Evidence

Princeton refused to hire Hayek on such terms as they offered: “In the past, the Institute has not accepted, and in the future it probably cannot properly accept, funds as specifically allocated by the donors as would be implied by your offer.” Hayek complained to Viner, who responded, “I think you are going to run into the same situation at any of the respectable institutions.” — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 785

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how funding structure shapes intellectual networks — parallels the Volker Fund’s role elsewhere in this book and general questions of donor influence on academic hiring.