University College London was founded in 1826 as 'London University', receiving a royal charter in 1836 and becoming one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. Thomas Leverton Donaldson was appointed the first chair of architecture in 1841 and in 1911 the civil engineer and building contractor, Sir Herbert Bartlett, donated c£30,000 to fund the a new building for the School of Architecture (which was to eventually take his name). Student protests in the late 1950s led to a restructuring and a move away from Beaux Arts training, towards a more modernist curriculum, under the leadership of Professor Richard Llewellyn-Davies. In 1971 the Architectural Association's Department of Development and Tropical Studies transferred to the Bartlett, following concerns regarding the AA's financial status and potential closure. Within the Bartlett, the Department took the name of the Development Planning Unit.