I can’t dare assign exact destinations for that kind of money, but speeches don’t sound like a hard return on investment.
Maybe laundered money needs to stay on the move, idk.
The university could draw interest on that kind of money, while the principle rests in the bank, quiet as a clam. For a time.🤔
I’ve known more than my share of “endowment graduates” in academia.
Most of the Arabs I knew got called home in their junior year only to appear 2 years later.
After a good strong lesson on staying sober.
I was great friends with the son of the Qatari Minister of Oil and Gas Development.
I bought HIM (and his hollow leg) drinks!