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Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford—a railroad magnate who served as the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California—and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.
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. Its finger posts all point forward." [1]
Natalie Roe (Ph.D. 1989), director of the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Alvin E. Roth (Ph.D. operations research), professor of economics at Stanford University and Harvard University, 2012 Nobel prize winner in economics.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne said in a letter to the university community that he would step down effective Aug. 31 as president of Stanford, located in Palo Alto, California, but would remain on the...
Stanford University opened in 1891, and within the year, courses addressing topics such as electrical currents and magnetism were being taught by professors such as A.P. Carman. Professor Frederic A.C. Perrine was the first faculty to teach the subject of electrical engineering at Stanford, in 1893. [7]
Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday he will step down next month following an inquiry into his past research as a neuroscientist.