To the editor:

It has been reported that the new School of Business building at the University of Kansas will be named Capitol Federal Hall. Now I know that Capitol Federal is a venerated Topeka and Kansas institution that does tremendous public good and that the Capitol Federal Foundation contributed $20 million to the new building. Its name is reflective of many officers, employees, investors and depositors. But its name on an academic building at our flagship university seems inappropriate.

The name adds a tinge of commercial sponsorship to the business school, like that of a golf tournament. And the name is completely out of character with the names of other KU academic buildings. The building would have been more appropriately named Bubb-Dicus Hall, or named after an illustrious business dean or faculty member.