Failed architecture student designs college building

[snopes]

Comment: There is a building at Princeton University, called Alexander Hall (from
memory - I haven't been there in years). The rumor was that Mr. Alexander
designed the building as an architecture student at Princeton (I didn't
think they even had an Architecture program) and was failed on the design
(possibly even not getting his degree). When he later was very successful
in business, he made a large donation to Princeton - but only if it was
used to build that building.

From my memory of attending a concert in that building, the acoustics were
not great, and the ventilation was worse, but it is quite possible that my
appreciation for the building was tainted by the story.