Stanford University
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY “Die Luft der Freiheit weht”
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tanford is one of America’s leading universities, regularly appearing near the top of national and international rank-
Hoover Tower Hoover Tower rises to a height of 285 feet above the campus and is one of the visual symbols of the university. President Herbert Hoover, an early Stanford grad, was later a major benefactor. He founded the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. It became one of the fi rst “think tanks,” and remains an active part of national and interna- tional discussions about foreign policy.
The Tree Stanford doesn’t have an offi cial university mascot. But the Stanford Tree, inspired by the redwood tree that decorates the school’s seal, thrills students and alumni while infuriating opponents with its antics. The Tree is the mascot of the innovative Stanford Band, which blends humor with its music.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O’Connor, and William Rehnquist • President Herbert Hoover • Journalist Ted Koppel • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice • Astronaut Sally Ride • Author Scott Turow • Golfer Tiger Woods
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ings in numerous disciplines. . . . Stanford was founded in 1891 by Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, with part of the fortune he had amassed as one of the “Big Four” railroad barons. . . . The campus grounds were designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, best-known for his work on New York’s Central Park. . . . Among the students in the school’s fi rst graduating class: future U.S. President Herbert Hoover. . . . The school’s unoffi cial motto, above, translates from the German as, “The wind of freedom blows.” It is drawn from 16th-century humanist Ulrich von Hutten. . . . There are more than 43,000 trees on the campus; taken together, lands controlled by Stanford include more than 8,000 acres on the San Fran- cisco peninsula. . . . Stanford’s athletic teams have combined to win 17 straight Learfi eld Sports Directors Cups, given to the NCAA school with the best overall athletic achievement each year. . . . Medical education is a big part of Stanford,
FACTS Stanford, California Founded: 1891 Joined Pac-12: 1918 Undergrad students: 6,800
Graduate and professional students: 8,700 President: John Hennessy
NCAA championships (all sports, all-time): 101
Football home: Stanford Stadium
with a school of medicine, a hospital, and a chil- dren’s hospital among its holdings. . . . Presidents or prime ministers of six nations attended Stanford, as did six current or former U.S. Senators. . . . Stanford has long been the home of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Faculty or
alumni started Cisco Systems, Gap, Google, Netfl ix, Charles Schwab & Company, Sun Microsystems, Whole Earth Catalog, and Yahoo!, among many others.
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