Dedication of the Frank E. Buck Jade Collection photograph album 1968

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Dedication of the Frank E. Buck Jade Collection photograph album 1968

The Frank E. Buck Jade Collection was given to the Stanford University Museum of Art by Alice Meyer Buck in memory of her husband.

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Sterling, Ann

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Buck, Alice Meyer, 1882-1979

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Biography / Administrative History A native Californian, J. Henry Meyer was a successful San Francisco businessman. He was an executive, a banker, and served on the boards of many companies including Wells Fargo Bank, the Spring Valley Water Company, and the California Street Cable Railroad Company. In 1878 he married Eugenie Hillegass of Berkeley. Together they had three children: Eugenie Olga, Alice, and Charles. Alice graduated from Stanfo...

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Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985

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J. E. Wallace Sterling was president of Stanford University from 1949 to 1968. During his 19 years in office, Stanford's endowment nearly doubled, the faculty increased 170 percent, graduate programs were improved, major building plans were completed, the Medical School was moved to campus from San Francisco, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was built. After his retirement in 1968, Sterling was named University Chancellor. From the description of J. E. Wallace Sterling Spee...