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Lyman, Richard W. Stanford in turmoil: Campus unrest, 1966-1972 (Stanford University Press, 2009) online. Mirrielees, Edith R. Stanford: the Story of a University (1959), popular history; Mohr, James C. "Academic turmoil and public opinion: The Ross case at Stanford." Pacific Historical Review 39.1 (1970): 39-61. Economist was fired in 1900 for ...
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.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (August 25, 1828 – February 28, 1905) was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University in 1885 (opened 1891), along with her husband, Leland Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15 in 1884.
The history of the Stanford University endowment predates the university's founding. The endowment began in 1885 when Leland Stanford and his wife Jane conveyed approximately $20 million to the university. [4] Upon Leland's death, the federal government filed a claim against his estate for $15 million which threatened the university's financials.
Leland Stanford Stanford in 1890 United States Senator from California In office March 4, 1885 – June 21, 1893 Preceded by James T. Farley Succeeded by George Clement Perkins 8th Governor of California In office January 10, 1862 – December 10, 1863 Lieutenant John F. Chellis Preceded by John Gately Downey Succeeded by Frederick Ferdinand Low Personal details Born Amasa Leland Stanford ...
Jane Stanford was a monstrous mess. The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich, duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. Of friends and family, she demanded ...
The Oracle alum, 50, grew up in India and moved to the U.S. at 25. She identified student transportation as a $50 billion industry—"the largest mass transit system in the U.S."—serving 27 ...
The new Stanford campus for the School of Medicine was designed by Edward Durell Stone. It included the Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center - a joint hospital with two separate staffs. [32] Among those faculty moving from the San Francisco campus to the new facility were Avram Goldstein and Henry Kaplan.