I do believe Lehigh was founded by railroad baron Asa Packer, so there's that.
From wiki. Originally founded as a technical school for engineering by Packer.
Lehigh University
Asa Packer was rather laconic and reticent, when word spread that Packer was to found a university, or aid one, there were various speculations.
[5] The final spot chosen, on South Mountain in Bethlehem, could not have been much happier: as it nestled in with a preexisting religious community, the Moravians, and additionally was the future home of benefactor, and collaborator, Bethlehem Steel Co. So then, in 1865, he gave $500,000 and 60 acres (243,000 m²), later increased to 115 acres (465,000 m²) in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a technical school for the engineering professions, designed to help the growth and development of the
Lehigh Valley.
Lehigh University was chartered, and instruction began, in 1866.
[2] The first main building, Packer Hall (now the University Center) was completed in 1869, and of stone, as Packer himself stipulated.
[6] With Packer's generosity, Lehigh was able to offer education tuition free for 20 years, 1871–1891, before the economic troubles of the 1890s forced the University to reverse this policy.
