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Stanford Memorial Church (also referred to informally as MemChu) [1] is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It was built during the American Renaissance [ 2 ] by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland .
Arlis Kay Perry (née Dykema; February 22, 1955 – October 12, 1974) was a 19-year-old American newlywed who was murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church, within the grounds of Stanford University in California, on October 12, 1974.
Stanford Main Quad aerial view. The Quad includes Memorial Church in the middle of the picture, beyond it the bricked inner courtyard with its eight planting circles and beyond it the grassy Memorial Court. At the top of the picture is the grassy Oval. The buildings below the church are not part of the Main Quad.
Visitors from all over the world come to see the Stanford Memorial Church without a clue of what happened here in 1974. Even people who graduated in the 70s have never heard of the murder.
In 2008, Stanford was inducted into The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts, California Hall of Fame. A relative, Tom Stanford, accepted the honors on his behalf. [49] The Stanford Memorial Church on the university campus is dedicated to his memory. Mount Stanford, located in California's Sierra Nevada, is named in his honor. [50]
They changed their plans to building a university in his name instead. Nearby is a memorial (the Angel of Grief ) to Jane Stanford's brother, Henry Clay Lathrop. This memorial is a 1908 copy of a 1901 copy of an 1894 statue by the prominent American sculptor William Wetmore Story .
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 . [ 2 ]
Memorial Auditorium. Memorial Hall (informally referred to as MemAud), was built in 1937 to commemorate those students and faculty from Stanford University who died in World War I. [1] Designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. in conjunction with Bakewell and Weihe, [1] construction of the building was funded primarily through student contributions.