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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.
Leland Stanford's widow made many enemies. But who poisoned her? Stanford historian Richard White investigates in the new book 'Who Killed Jane 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 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.
There was the death of her husband and the dispute over his estate that put the couple’s passion project, Stanford University, in a precarious financial position.
The windows, designed by Frederick Stymetz Lamb (1862–1928) and fabricated by J&R Lamb Studios, his father's firm in New York City, took three years to complete, [10] and eight months to install at Stanford. [95] Jane Stanford hired Lamb because she felt he was more interested in "the ecclesiastical rather than commercial aspect of the work ...
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The psychiatrist, Jane Morton, is in mourning for her son David, who died accidentally. During her care, Jane learns that Dorothy manifests different personalities: the childlike Mimi, a party girl named Mary, and a boy named Kurt, who warns of a "boss" personality named Duncan.