Stanford University, Department of Biology, Division of Systematic Biology, records 1949-1970

Ray, Dixy Lee, 1914-1994

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Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American scientist and politician who served as the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington. Variously described as idiosyncratic, and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. She was a supporter of atomic energy and a critic of the environmentalist movement. A graduate of Mills College and Stanford University, where she earned a doctorate in b...

Stanford University. Dept. of Biology. Division of Systematic Biology.

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The Hopkins Marine Station, in Pacific Grove, California, was founded in 1893 by Stanford University as the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory. It is administered through the Division of Systematic Biology of Stanford's Department of Biology. From the description of Stanford University, Dept. of Biology Division of Systematic Biology, records, 1949-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 696922986 Biographical/Historical Sketch The ...

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...

Gilmartin, Malvern.

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Miller, William F. (Drummer)

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Biographical/Historical note William F. Miller received is BS (1949), MS (1951), PhD (1956) and Honorary DSc (1972) from Purdue University. He was the last faculty member recruited to Stanford University by the legendary Frederick Terman, who was then Vice President and Provost of Stanford. Miller himself later became Vice President and Provost of Stanford. He conducted research and directed many graduate students in Computer Science. As Pres...

Brandin, Alf E.

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Price, Donald L.

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Stanford University. Hopkins Marine Station.

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Grobstein, Clifford, 1916-1998

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Kennedy, Donald, 1931-...

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Donald Kennedy was Stanford's eighth president, serving from 1980 to 1992. Prior to taking office he was vice president and provost under his predecessor Richard W. Lyman. Kennedy, holder of three degrees from Harvard, joined Stanford's biology faculty in 1960 and while on leave from 1977 to 1979 served in Washington, D.C., as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. During his presidency, Stanford celebrated its centennial and its full emergence as a world-class university. Kennedy was...

Holm, Richard W.

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Creighton, Kenneth D.

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Morales, Hilbert.

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Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961. From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252 Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Brooks, Howard E.

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Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)

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Professor of psychology at Stanford, 1953-1974, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, 1961-1970, Sears earned his a.b. at Stanford in 1929 and his Ph.D. at Yale in 1932. Before joining the Stanford faculty, he taught at the University of Iowa, where he directed the Child Welfare Research Station, and at Harvard, where he was also director of the Laboratory of Human Development. From the description of Robert Richardson Sears papers, 1929-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Stanford University. Dept. of Biology

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Stanford Oceanographic Expedition

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Biographical/Historical Sketch The Hopkins Marine Station, in Pacific Grove, California, was founded in 1893 by Stanford University as the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory. It is administered through the Division of Systematic Biology of Stanford's Department of Biology. From the guide to the Stanford University, Department of Biology, Division of Systematic Biology, records, 1949-1970, (Department of Special Collections and University ...