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Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) 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]
Institutions. Stanford University. Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland; November 17, 1933) is an American scientist and author who is best known for the predictions she made as a co-author of The Population Bomb with her colleague and husband, Paul R. Ehrlich. She has written or co-written more than thirty books on overpopulation ...
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Bernd Girod (born December 1, 1957) is a German-American engineer, the Robert L. and Audrey S. Hancock Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. [1] Girod is a member of the National Academy of Engineering .
Monika Piazzesi. Monika Piazzesi received her PhD in economics at Stanford University. She was a recipient of the Deutsche Studienstiftung ERP (1997–2000). She has been the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics at Stanford University since 2010. She is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
The Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics ( CCRMA ), founded by John Chowning, is a multi-discipline facility where composers and researchers work together using computer-based technology both as an artistic medium and as a research tool. CCRMA's director is Chris Chafe.
University of Washington, Duke University, Stanford University. Karen Schweers Cook (born July 25, 1946, in Austin, Texas) is an American sociologist [1] and the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. [2] In 2004 Cook received the Cooley-Mead Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association.
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he had served as president of Indiana University from 1884 to 1891.
Ted Hoff (Ph.D. 1962), inventor of microprocessor, winner of Kyoto Prize, winner of National Medal of Technology and Innovation. John Hopcroft (Ph.D. 1964 electrical engineering), Turing Award -winning computer scientist. Taylor Howard (B.S. electrical engineering), inventor of the home satellite dish.