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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. The university persevered, in part due to the Stanford family ...
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.
[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).
Virtual Reality of Stanford Mausoleum, a QuickTime panorama by Erik Goetze; Stanford Mausoleum at Stanford Buildings & Ground Maintenance; Founders' Celebration, by Stanford University, with information about the annual opening to the public of the Mausoleum
But he started like most of his fellow French founders did—at a Parisian university. ... Some 29% of French founders gained work experience at the university, outpacing U.S. colleges Stanford ...
Jane Stanford built a stone compound at the university as a memorial to her dead husband and son — a gigantic memorial arch, a church, a museum and a mausoleum where Jane would often pray and ...
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