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Mark Lemley (A.B. 1988), professor at Stanford Law School, expert in patent law. David Lang (B.A.), professor of composition at the Yale School of Music. Lisa Lowe (A.B. 1977), professor of American Studies at Yale University. Jitendra Malik (Ph.D. 1985), computer science professor at UC Berkeley.
Stanford Sierra Camp is a summer camp primarily attended by Stanford University alumni and their children, and acquaintances, at Fallen Leaf Lake, California. The camp consists of a 20-acre (81,000 m 2 ) lakefront mountain property at 6,300' above sea level and is owned and operated by the Stanford University Alumni Association.
Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad magnate, U.S. senator, and former California governor, together with his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford. It is named in honor of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died in 1884 from typhoid fever just before his 16th birthday. His parents decided to dedicate a university to their only son ...
According to PitchBook, from 2006 to 2017, Stanford produced 1,127 company founders as alumni or current students, more than any other university in the world; and these founders created 957 companies, second only to UC Berkeley in the world. [9] [10] In addition, according to a Stanford alumni survey conducted in 2011, some 39,900 companies ...
Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Knight-Hennessy Scholars is an international graduate-level scholarship program for students to study at Stanford University. The program is considered one of the most prestigious and competitive scholarships in the world. In 2024, 90 scholars were selected from a pool of 8,272 applicants for a selection rate of 1.09%.
Avner Greif, economist. Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics. Ro Khanna, visiting lecturer of economics (2012–2016), deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Commerce (2009–2011), U.S. Congressman (2017–present) Jonathan Levin, professor of economics, won the 2011 John Bates Clark Medal.
Stanford University School of Medicine alumni (142 P) S. Stegner Fellows (68 P) Pages in category "Stanford University alumni" The following 200 pages are in ...
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) [11] [12] is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford , the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California , and his wife, Jane , in memory of their only child, Leland Jr . [ 2 ]