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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford. Founding of the University was accomplished by a Grant of Endowment by Jane and Leland...

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Stanford university libraries (89)

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John M. Willits earned his A.B. in economics at Stanford in 1925; he was an instructor in psychology and marketing at Stanford prior to earning his Ph.D. in psychology in 1937. The new main library at Stanford was designed by the San Francisco architectural firm of John Bakewell, Jr. and Arthur Brown, Jr.; is it now known as the Bing Wing of the Cecil H. Green Library. The first accession books for the Stanford University Library, giving bibliograph...

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Stanford University. Board of Trustees (75)

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The Stanford National Board, whose members were elected by the Board of Trustees, met once or twice yearly with the Trustees for a discussion of University problems and policies. Leland Stanford Junior University was formally founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford in the name of their son. While founded with a full board of trustees, the board did not hold meetings until 1898 with the surviving founder, Jane Stanford as president of the Board. Regular meetin...

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Stanford University. Class of 1982 (71)

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The Class of 1892 was the first class to graduate from Stanford University. Biographical/Historical Sketch The Class of 1892 was the first class to graduate from Stanford University.

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Stanford University. School of Education. (69)

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HISTORICAL NOTE In October 1892 the Dept. of Education at Stanford University established a kindergarten on campus, to serve in part as a laboratory for advanced students of the education department; it was under the direction of Prof. Earl Barnes and instructor Margaret Schallenberger. Many children of the Stanford faculty attended.

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Stanford University Press. (21)

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Biographical/Historical note The Stanford University Press was established as an independent printing operation at Stanford University in 1892. The university purchased it in 1917, and expanded it into a full-service publishing house in 1925. In 1999, the Press became part of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR). It publishes scholarly monographs, textbooks, and professional reference works....

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Stanford University. School of Medicine (43)

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Cooper Medical College founded in San Francisco, Calif. by Levi Cooper Lane (1882). He named school for uncle, Elias Samuel Cooper, who had founded first medical school in California, University of the Pacific School of Medicine (1858). University operated medical school until 1865 when competition from Dr. Toland's medical school forced closure of University of Pacific Medical School. Levi Cooper Lane revived school (1870) but Methodist Church, who operated university, severed connection wit...

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Stanford University. Memorial Church (27)

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Construction of Memorial Church began in 1899 and the church was dedicated in 1903. After being partially destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, the church was rebuilt and opened again in 1913. The first pastor of the church was Heber Newton, who was followed by Rev. David Charles Gardner (1902-1936). Rev. D. Elton Trueblood (1936-1945), Rev. George J. Hall (1946-1947), Rev. Robert M. Minto (1947-1948; 1950-1973), Rev. Paul C. Johnston (1949-1950), and Robert McAfee Brown (1972-1973) also served t...

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Stanford university. School of law (37)

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Stanford University. Planning Office (25)

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Sequoia Hall, originally named Roble Hall, was the first women's dormitory at Stanford University; it was built with the "Ransome" process of reinforced concrete. It was renamed Sequoia in 1918 after a new Roble Hall was built. It was vacated in 1945 and then reduced to one floor in 1957, when it was used by the Statistics and the Applied Mathematics Departments. Stanford University was considered but not chosen as the site for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library....

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