Stanford University

Stanford University (or Stanford only), which is a private university located approximately 60 km. in southeast San Francisco and approximately 30 km northeast of San Jose in Santa Clara District locations are yet to be formalized as well as the city. Stanford are close to the city of Palo Alto, California, United States of America in the heart of Silicon Valley fits well with how geographically or historically. 

Stanford University campus university located in the 2nd biggest in the world, and consists of the School of Engineering, Law, Medicine, Education, Business, Earth Sciences, and Humanities and Sciences. The college has several programs as well as a teaching hospital with the exception of a variety of activities to reach out to people and ideas volunteers. 

Stanford was founded by railroad king, governor of California, as well as the leadership of Republican Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford. The campus is named in honor of their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr. who died just so the world karenatipus again approaching the 16th year. When the morning of the death of their son, Leland Sr. supposedly said to his wife, "The children in California is going to be our children. "And they speedily took the decision to look for lasting steps to return their beloved son recalled. 

Stanford family visiting most large campus in the east to gather inspiration. A legend, spread widely on the Internet, but not completely, described Stanford as well as a couple of villagers who took the decision to get up after the campus itself is not accepted its offer to give the gift of a building to Harvard. They are indeed a visit to the President of Harvard, but in good hands and give suggestions on steps to initiate a campus in California. Starting from the beginning to make the majority of their non-traditional variants: the campus will be a combination of, at the time generally entirely male; non-religious, while some great respect to religious organizations as well as practically always clear, led to "a civilized country citizens as well as useful" only when some great care with its predecessor. 

Local people as well as some people who are affiliated with this campus as well as a mention of this school Ranch, which refers to the fact that the campus is located on a horse farm where the rest of the Leland Stanford. 

Fund campus construction was written on 11 November 1885 and accepted by the Board's inaugural campus on November 14. The placement of the first stone done on May 14, 1887 as well as the campus by way officially opened on October 1, 1891. New York Forecast news letter that Professor Stanford would be "taught in the marble halls of empty seats" can be proven wrong. Pupils prime divided into 559 university students, with free tuition money as well as 15 faculty, 7 one of which comes from the Cornell Campus. This school was established for men and women, although for a long period of time is limited acceptance of female students. This sort of thing is not because of anti-woman sentiment, but because of anxiety on the part of Jane Stanford, who feels that without that restriction, this school will be speedily filled with female students only, which he considers not fit for purpose beginning to make this campus as a memorial to her son. President Prime is David Jordan, a graduate of Cornell, who left his post as well as president of Indiana University to associate with adventure out West. 

Stanford Campus official motto, taken by the husband-wife Stanford, is "Die Luft der Freiheit weht." Excerpts in German Idioms Ulrich von Hutten came from, meaning "wind of freedom blows." At the time the school was founded, Idioms Germany just now swap Latin bhs bhs dominant as well as in science and philosophy (this position is maintained until the outbreak of World War II). 

The Stanfords involving Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who made ​​the popular New York's Central Park, to make the idea of ​​a physical campus. Cooperation is debatable, but in the end led to two corners on the east-west axis. Today, Stanford is always evolving, campus architects attempt to respect the original idea of ​​the campus.