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Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) [11] [12] is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States.It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford, the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California, and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.
Stanfords is a specialist bookshop of maps and travel books in London, established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. [1] Its collection of maps, globes , and maritime charts [ 2 ] is considered the world's largest. [ 3 ]
Stanford University was founded in the late 19th century by Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford, in honor of their late son: Leland Stanford Jr.After Leland's death a lawsuit was pursued against his estate, and alongside the Panic of 1893 put Stanford's continued existence in jeopardy.
[9] [10] In addition, according to a Stanford alumni survey conducted in 2011, some 39,900 companies founded by Stanford alumni were active, and companies founded by Stanford alumni altogether generated more than $2.7 trillion in annual revenue and had created 5.4 million jobs, roughly equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world (2011).
Robert E. Swain (B.S. 1899), head of Stanford's Department of Chemistry and a founder of the Stanford Research Institute [12] Bette Talvacchia (Ph.D. 1981), professor of art history emeritus at the University of Connecticut; Carole Terry (D.M.A. 1977), professor of organ and harpsichord emerita at the University of Washington
The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University.Stanford's program has won 136 NCAA team championships, the most of any university. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 48 consecutive years, starting in 1976–77 and continuing through 2023–24.
Wallenberg Hall (building 160) on east side of the front (History Corner) is named for the Wallenberg family who gave much of the money for renovating it in 1999. In the early days it housed the university library and was originally built in 1900 with funds from Thomas Welton Stanford, brother of university founder Leland Stanford and uncle of Leland Stanford Junior for whom the university is ...
Stanford's teams unofficially reverted to using the name "Cardinal", the color which represented the school before 1930. [8] From 1972 until 1981, Stanford’s official nickname was the Cardinal, but, during this time, there was debate among students and administrators concerning what the mascot and team name should be.