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On 8 July 2016, an open letter to Donald Trump stating that the Republican presidential candidate was a disappointment to — and did not represent — his alma mater, was published on the web site Medium: When this letter was circulated via social media, it was frequently tagged with the claim that it was an official statement issued by Wharton University (or, more properly, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania). This was not the case, however: a disclaimer on the signatories page stated that the letter was the personal opinion of those who drafted it and not did not reflect the official viewpoint of Wharton: Although the letter was not officially issued or endorsed by Wharton, more than 3,000 of the school's current students, graduates, and staff members have signed it. Although the signatory page asks for an .edu email address to verify that signers are undergraduate/graduate student/alumni of Wharton or Penn, the letter can also be signed by friends, family members and supporters of Wharton (and Penn) students. For their part, Wharton's official web site still maintains a positive biography of Donald Trump, identifying him as one of the 125 Influential People and Ideas to come out of that school.
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