STANFORD
U N I V E R S I T Y
Strategic Decisions/Leaders at
Stanford that have shaped the
University
Rhonda Marsh
Mark Miyasaki
Mark Reichanadter
Stanford
University
STANFORD
U N I V E R- Sthe
I T Y early years
•1891 - Founding of the University
•Co-Ed, Non-denominational
•Cultured and useful citizens
•1908 “Cooper” Medical School
transferred to Stanford
•1908 Law School Opens
•1891 – Ohlmsted the Architect
•Quadrangle layout for the university
•1925 Engineering and
•Still respected today
•1900 J. Stanford fires Ross
Business Schools Open
•1899 – J. Stanford amends
Founding Grant
•Limit # of women to 500
•1892 – 1898 “6 long years”
•J. Stanford provides $11M
•1939 - Professor Terman
encourages Packard and
Hewlett into the electronics
business.
•1934 Stanford “Associates”
Alumni formed
•1933 – BOT Resolution
•Allow > 500 women
Branner
1890’s
Jordan
1900’s
1910’s
Wilbur
1920’s
1930’s
•World War I
•1895 – Pioneer Class
•1906 – Great SF
Graduates (incl. H. Hoover) Earthquake
•1893 – L. Stanford dies
•Great Panic of 1893
•1905 – J. Stanford dies
•1892 – 1st Big Game with Cal
(mysteriously)
•Great Depression
•1930 – 1st round of golf
Stanford University
STANFORD
U N- I a
V Eworld-class
R S I T Y
institution
•1941 – 50th anniversary of the University
•1967 – SLAC dedicated
•1947 – First broadcast on KSU (now KZSU)
•1968 – Student protest, marches, sit-ins
•1948 – School of H & S formed
•6/25/70 – Pitzer resigned 19 months
after arriving
•1951 – First Provost appointed (D. Whitaker)
•1958 – First overseas campus
near Stuttgart, Germany
•1959 – Planning begins for
The radio telescope “the dish”
Tresidder
1940’s
1950’s
•World War II
Sterling
1960’s
•Korean War
•1955 – Bus Boycott in Montgomery, AL
•1955 – Supreme Court orders school desegregation
•1985 – Rodin garden established
next to museum
Pitzer
Lyman
1970’s
1980’s
•Vietnam War
•1963 – JFK assassinated
•1960 - 1965 – Civil Rights
movement
•Iran - Iraq War
•1983 – Economy begins to
emerge from recession
•1973 - 1974 – Nixon
resigns over Watergate
S T A NStanford
FORD
University
U N I V E R S I T Y
- Dot Com & Beyond
•Restoration of
Buildings /
Architectural Value
of New Buildings
•1980 - Stanford
Humanities Center
•2009 - The
Budget Cuts
•2006 - The
Stanford
Challenge
•1995 - HighWire
Press Launched
•1998 BIO- X
•1988 - Cultures,
Ideas and Values
•2003 – Clark
Center
Kennedy
Casper
Hennessy
1980’s
1990’s
2000’s
•SF 49ers
Super Bowl
#5
•Desert Storm
•Gorbachev:
Ending of the
Cold War
•SF 49ers
Super Bowl
XVI
•Berlin Wall
•Loma Prieta
•Global Economic
Crisis
•Iraq War
•Dot Com Bubble
•Sept. 11, 2001
•The Bubble Bursts