John Harvard (1607-1638), came to America to be a clergyman in Charlestown, Massachusetts, he contributed his library and property in 1636 for the founding of the first college in America, which was subsequently named in his honor.

John Harvard believed that:

All knowledge without Christ was vain.

Reference: America's God & Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, by William J. Federer, Pages 280-282.
http://books.google.com/books?id=BtGzlMatpUUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=%22All+knowledge+without+Christ+was+vain.%22&source=bl&ots=...

Now they have to start thinking that way again