>>Don’t understand your comment?
Well, I know that Purdue has the Earhart papers, but I think if they were going to name a building (or dining “court”) after a famous aviatrix, they could have picked a few who were more successful in their endeavors. Could the papers have come with a Putnam $$ grant? Don’t know; maybe that was the influence...
(I’m an ERAU grad, BTW)
She was a prof @ Purdue and the university paid for her famous Lockheed Electra as a research project.
That’s most likely the reason.
What’s a Putnam grant?