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Stanford University was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.”
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Stanford University was founded in the late 19th century by Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford, in honor of their late son: Leland Stanford Jr. After Leland's death a lawsuit was pursued against his estate, and alongside the Panic of 1893 put Stanford's continued existence in jeopardy.
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They decided to create a university, one that, from the outset, was untraditional: coeducational in a time when most private universities were all-male; nondenominational when most were associated with a religious organization; and avowedly practical, producing cultured and useful citizens when most were concerned only with the former. The Founding...
The Stanfords engaged landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to design the campus. Their collaboration with Olmsted and the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge resulted in California Mission-inspired buildings of local sandstone with red-tiled roofs, surrounding a cloistered quadrangle with Memorial Church as its focus. The rectang...
Stanford opened its doors on Oct. 1, 1891, with some 555 men and women students enrolled in the first year. Stanfords first president, David Starr Jordan, said to the Pioneer Class: It is for us as teachers and students in the universitys first year to lay the foundations of a school which may last as long as human civilizationIt is hallowed by no ...
Listen to interviews with leading faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees that explore the institutional history of the University. Visit our ARCHIVE page with links to artifacts, letters, and photographs held in the University and Stanford Family collections.
Stanford University was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford, dedicated to the memory of Leland Stanford Jr., their only child. The institution opened in 1891 on Stanford's previous Palo Alto farm.
In 1891, Stanford University was opened in honor of Leland Jr. Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed the campus and the first class of students included 555 men and women. The Stanfords founded their university with a 20th-century mindset.
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Hoover Tower was constructed between 1939 and 1941 by Arthur Brown Jr. It was inspired by the cathedral tower at Salamanca and was finished at the 50th anniversary of Stanford’s founding. Due to its location and height (285 feet), Hoover Tower is one of the most visually prominent buildings at Stanford.
