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Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Wharton still waiting for Trump

The Donald is still missing. Real estate mogul Donald Trump, whose picture was stolen from the Wharton School's "Wall of Fame" last March, still has not been restored to his former place of honor. The "Wall of Fame" showcases the "Honor Roll" alumni of the Wharton School, Chris Hardwick, Wharton's director of public affairs, said in a statement. The Wall pictures "alumni who are voted on by students in a balloting process," Hardwick said, adding that the next balloting will take place this year. Hartwick said Trump's picture will be replaced as soon as the Trump Organization furnishes a new one. But, according to one of Trump's assistants, supplying a replacement photo has been more easily said than done. According to the assistant, who asked not to be identified, the Trump Organization sent a photo to Wharton late last year, but it was not the "full face photograph" that the Wharton School said it wanted. She said that it has taken some time for Trump to have a picture taken with which he is satisfied, and that she just received the new photo a few weeks ago. The assistant added that she would be sending the new photo to Wharton soon. Some Wharton students disagree on whether or not Trump deserves to have his photo gracing Wharton's walls. Wharton freshman Craig Henick said he does not see Trump as the type of person who should be on Wharton's Honor Roll. "He did become quite successful," Henick said. "[But] I wouldn't think that he would be one of the people on the wall. The people up there should exemplify everything that has to do with Wharton, not just getting rich." Wharton junior Bret Bernstein had a different opinion. "The 'Wall of Fame' should signify people who have graduated from Wharton and have become famous," Bernstein said. "Donald Trump certainly is famous." Wharton freshman Lea Bigelow-Sherring said she agrees that Trump has a definite place on the "Wall of Fame." "Trump is legitimately up there," she said. "It is the priority of most Wharton people -- whether it is right or wrong -- to make money and that's just what [Trump] did." Besides Trump, the Wharton Honor Roll's current members include: Walter Annenberg, William Brennan, I.W. Burnham II, August Busch III, Jon Huntsman, Reginald Jones, Robert Crandall, Yotaru Kobayashi, Peter O'Malley, William Paley, Edmund Pratt, Charles Sanford, John Sculley III, Saul Steinberg, Laurence Tisch.