Stanford University. President's Office.

The Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1910 by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic West of Seattle in memory of their son, a student at Stanford University. The lectures are to promote the subject of "immortality, human conduct, and human destiny."

From the description of Stanford University, President's Office, Raymond F. West Memorial Lectures correspondence, 1909-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864106

HISTORICAL NOTE

Cooper Medical College in San Francisco, which had antecedents in other medical schools in existence as early as 1858, was formally established in 1882 under the leadership of Dr. Levi Cooper Lane. With the financial generosity of Dr. Lane, the College was able to add laboratories and a hospital during the next two decades, but it was also becoming apparent that new sources of support would be necessary for its continued success. In 1901 Cooper Medical College and Stanford University began to talk about the possibility of a union. Between 1902 and 1907 the details of the merger were worked on and a final agreement was reached by the University Board of Trustees on January 31, 1908.

The first faculty was appointed in October 1908. Stanford faculty included among them were Arthur William Meyer, John Maxson Stillman, Oliver Peebles Jenkins, Frank Mace MacFarland, William Freeman Snow, George Clinton Price, and Robert Eckles Swain. From the Cooper faculty were the following: Adolph Barkan, Henry Gibbons, Jr., Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder, Stanley Stillman, Emmet Rixford, William Ophüls, and William Fitch Cheney. Ray Layman Wilbur was also appointed to the faculty at this time.

From the guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, Medical School correspondence, 1902-1912, (Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives)

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Stanford University, which opened in October 1891, did not charge tuition until January 1920.

From the guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, University fees records, 1906-1910, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)

Biographical/Historical Sketch

In 2008 Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley of the Committee on Finance asked wealthy colleges to provide information on student aid, tuition increases, and endowment spending over the last 10 years as part of the Committee's investigation of endowments and financial aid for students.

From the guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, response to request from the United States Senate's Committee on Finance for information on tuition, financial aid and endowments, 2008, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)

Biographical/Historical Sketch

J. E. Wallace Sterling, Stanford's fifth president, served from 1949 through 1968. Kenneth Pitzer took office on December 1, 1968 and served until September 1970.

From the guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, Sterling-Pitzer Transitional Records, 1946-1960 (bulk 1964-1970), 1964-1970, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)

Biographical/Historical Sketch

The Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1910 by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic West of Seattle in memory of their son, a student at Stanford University. The lectures are to promote the subject of "immortality, human conduct, and human destiny."

From the guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, Raymond F. West Memorial Lectures correspondence, 1909-1922, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)