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David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913.He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
The university officially opened on October 1, 1891 to 555 students. On the university's opening day, Founding President David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) said to Stanford's Pioneer Class: "[Stanford] is hallowed by no traditions; it is hampered by none.
Richard Atkinson, professor of psychology 1956–1980, former president, University of California; Albert Bandura, professor of psychology since 1964, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology since 1973, known for his work on social learning theory and, more recently, on social cognitive theory and self efficacy
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 .
The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races by the Survival of the Unfit was the title of a number of publications by the American eugenicist David Starr Jordan, the president of Stanford University. His thesis, under the same name, first appeared in the May 1901 edition of Popular Science Monthly.
(Ph.D.), roboticist and professor emeritus at Stanford's Computer Science Department and Stanford School of Medicine's Department of Surgery [10] Mavis Sanders (A.M. 1992, Ph.D. 1995), research scholar [11] Gita Sen (Ph.D.), feminist economist, adjunct professor at Harvard University, and professor emeritus at Indian Institute of Management ...
A statue of the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz was previously installed on the exterior of Building 420 (formerly Jordan Hall), in the Main Quad of Stanford University, in the U.S. state of California. It has since been removed.
David Jordan (singer) (born 1985), British singer; David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), president of Indiana University and Stanford University; David C. Jordan (born 1935), U.S. Ambassador to Peru; David Charles Jordan (born 1949), New Brunswick, Canada politician; David Davoe Jordan (born 1938), former member of the North Carolina House of ...