Most Cornell students know little about Ezra Cornell, the New York native who made his fortune in the telegraph business and invested his wealth into founding “an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.” Two centuries after his birth, Ezra Cornell is most readily identified by his green statue on the Arts Quad — across from close friend and first Cornell president Andrew Dickson White — and endless speculation about his choice of university location from those living below Libe Slope.