Stanford University, Public Affairs Office, records, 1960-1980.

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Stanford University, Public Affairs Office, records, 1960-1980.

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, photographs, maps, and other documents concerning various events and controversies dealt with by the Public Affairs Office, 1960-1980. Subjects include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford Industrial Park, Ladera Dam and flood control on the San Francisquito Creek, Stanford in Britain overseas campus, dismissal of H. Bruce Franklin, ROTC on campus, the Winds of Freedom Foundation, and the inauguration of university president Kenneth S. Pitzer. Includes audio tapes of a press conference on KZSU with Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, May 30, 1972; and of a talk by John Kaplan to the Los Angeles Stanford Club on the Bakke case.

9.25 linear feet.

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KZSU (Radio station: Stanford, Calif.)

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Historical Note During the summer of 1965, eight students from Stanford University spent ten weeks in the southern states tape-recording information on the civil rights movement. The eight interviewers -- Mary Kay Becker, Mark Dalrymple, Roger Dankert, Richard Gillam, James McRae, Penny Niland, Jon Roise, and Julie Wells -- were sponsored by KZSU, Stanford's student radio station, and their original intent was to gather material suitable for ...

Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-

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Professor of English at Stanford, 1965-72 and Herman Melville scholar. Franklin was dismissed by the Stanford Board of Trustees in 1972. From the description of H. Bruce Franklin collection, 1969-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503422572 Professor of English at Stanford, 1965-1972 and Herman Melville scholar. From the description of Future perfect, ca. 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122447867 Biographical/Historica...

Pitzer, Kenneth.

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Fagan, Elmer Daniel

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

Bakke, Allan Paul

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Lyman, Richard W.

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Richard Lyman was Stanford's seventh president, serving from September 1970 to the summer of 1980. He first came to Stanford in 1958 to teach in the history department; he served as vice president and provost from 1967 to 1970. Under Lyman's leadership, the university first embarked on rigorous cost control and budget-cutting programs, and then on the ambitious "Campaign for Stanford" to raise $300 million. The successful five-year drive raised $132 million for the university's endowment and add...

Kaplan, John, 1929-1989

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Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

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...

Stanford university

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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. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Stanford University. Public Affairs Office.

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The University Relations Office acted as liaison between the University and the public. The office was renamed the Public Affairs Office in December 1974 and was enlarged to include federal, state, and community government relations as well as other University relations activities. From the description of Stanford University, Public Affairs Office, records, 1960-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703381477 Biographical/Historical Sketch ...

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...

Stanford University. Summer Festival.

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Stanford University. Stanford in Britain.

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Stanford linear accelerator center

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SVs, VM - UNIX production at SLAC. System reportable Probtrack problems. From the description of Problem reporting and tracking system developed at SLAC, 1981-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863237 ...