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	Stanford University Encyclopedia Article @ Misjudged.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stanford University is home to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts museum with 24 galleries, sculpture gardens, terraces, and a courtyard first established in 1891 by Jane and Leland Stanford as a memorial to their only child.
		The Stanford sports teams are now officially referred to as the Stanford Cardinal (the deep red color, not the bird), in reference to the university's official color since the 19th century (later cardinal and white); the band's mascot, "The Tree", has become associated with the school in general.
		Stanford University is the university behind Folding@home, one of the most widely disseminated distributed computing projects in the life sciences field, allowing hobbyists and enthusiasts to participate in scientific research by donating unused computer processor cycles.
	www.misjudged.net /encyclopedia/Stanford_University (3436 words)

	Leland_stanford info here at en.album-gasoline-alley.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stanford served as president of Southern Pacific Railroad from 1885 to 1890,[2][3] while continuing to minister to as the champion of the Central Pacific Railroad till her casualty in 1893.
		The Stanfords moreover intrinsiced a stately mansion in Sacramento, California (this was the birthplace of their only son, pronto a habitation museum used for California estate polite occasions), as chipper as a domicile in San Francisco's Nob Hill district.
		Leland Stanford died at domicile in Palo Alto, California is buried in the Stanford forefathers mausoleum on the Stanford campus.
	en.album-gasoline-alley.info /Leland_Stanford (945 words)

	Leland_stanford info here at en.about-gasoline-alley.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 â“ June 21, 1893) was an American expertness tycoon, politician and framer of Stanford University.
		The Stanfords counting residented a stately mansion in Sacramento, California (this was the birthplace of their only son, and a kennel museum used for California imperative pleasant occasions), as vigorous as a roost in San Francisco's Nob Hill district.
		Leland Stanford died at roost in Palo Alto, California and is buried in the Stanford people mausoleum on the Stanford campus.
	en.about-gasoline-alley.info /Leland_Stanford (987 words)

	Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893)
		Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American business tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University.
		Stanford served as president of Southern Pacific Railroad from 1885 to 1890, and while continuing to serve as the head of the Central Pacific Railroad until his death in 1893.
		With his wife Jane, Stanford founded Leland Stanford Junior University as a memorial for their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., who died as a teenager of typhoid while on a trip to Florence, Italy.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/stanford.html (665 words)

	Stanford University - Enpsychlopedia
		Stanford University is governed by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president, provosts, faculty senate, and the deans of the various schools.
		Stanford also houses the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a major public policy think tank that attracts visiting scholars from around the world, and the Stanford Institute for International Studies, which is dedicated to the more specific study of international relations.
		Stanford is the university behind Folding@home, one of the most widely disseminated distributed computing projects in the life sciences field, allowing hobbyists and enthusiasts to participate in scientific research by donating unused computer processor cycles.
	enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Stanford_University (2527 words)

	Governor Leland Stanford of California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A New Yorker by birth, California's eighth governor was born Amasa Leland Stanford in 1824.
		Most notably, Stanford was one of the "Big Four" (the other three being Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker) who built the transcontinental railroad which connected the Eastern United States to the West.
		Stanford was elected to the office of Governor as a Republican and as Governor he made major constitutional changes, sponsored legislative reforms, backed the conservation of forests, and cut the state debt in half.
	www.governor.ca.gov /govsite/govsgallery/h/biography/governor_8.html (170 words)

	Stanford University - History of EE at Stanford
		In fact, Senator Leland Stanford's first idea for establishing a memorial to his son was to "start a school or institution for civil and mechanical engineers on my grounds at Palo Alto," but the Reverend Augustus F. Beard successfully encouraged him to broaden his concept to include a full university like Cornell.
		Walker advised Senator Stanford, visited the Stanfords in California, and was unsuccessfully offered several times the amount of his MIT salary to become President of the proposed new university.
		The son of a Stanford professor, Terman had graduated from Stanford in June 1920 with a B.A. in Chemistry, and was known around campus for his ham radio experiments.
	www-ee.stanford.edu /history.php (2868 words)

	California State Capitol Museum: California's Remarkable Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1848 she became engaged to attorney Amasa Leland Stanford, who moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin to make a home and establish his career.
		However, her years with Stanford had increased her self-assurance, and in all aspects she had become a full partner in her husband's endeavors.
		Stanford's death two years later left his affairs in chaos, tying up his estate and threatening the university's solvency.
	www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov /english/remarkable/panel5.html (546 words)

	White Stanford - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		White, Stanford (1853-1906), American architect, born in New York.
		Stanford, Leland, full name Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893), American statesman, capitalist, and patron of education, born in Watervliet, New...
		Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, independent, non-denominational institution of higher learning in Stanford,...
	au.encarta.msn.com /White_Stanford.html (96 words)

	Leland Homes
		Leland is located at 41°36'51" North, 88°47'53" West (41.614112, -88.797962).
		John Leland was born in London on September 13 in 1502 Mirror of Literature or c.
		Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824–June 21, 1893) was an American business tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/125/leland-homes.html (2008 words)

	Leland Stanford — FactMonster.com
		He and his wife founded and endowed Leland Stanford Junior University (now Stanford University) as a memorial to their son, at Palo Alto in 1891.
		Leland Stanford - Stanford, Leland, 1824–93, American railroad builder, politician, and philanthropist, b.
		Stanford University - Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0772566.html (195 words)

	Leland Stanford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University), private, coeducational institution of higher education in Stanford, California,...
		Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852–1924), Irish composer and teacher, and a leading figure in the 19th-century renaissance of British music.
		Search for books about your topic, "Leland Stanford"
	encarta.msn.com /Leland_Stanford.html (124 words)

	Stanford Family Crest
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Stanford coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
		We encourage you to study the Stanford genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/stanford-family-crest.htm (545 words)

	Never judge a book by the cover
		Quietly, Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Eliza Lathrop Stanford, walked out of President Eliot's plushly-appointed office.
		All because the president of Harvard, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, LL.C, made a mistake and judged them by the traveling clothes they wore from a weary year in Europe; weary because young Leland, age 16, had passed away before their eyes in Italy.
		And all the wealth of the Central Pacific Railroad, the great transcontinental dream of Leland Stanford, Sr., was bestowed not upon Harvard, the bastion of the Ivy League, but upon a California upstart with seven teachers and 200 pupils.
	www.heavenr.com /railroad/mistake.html (574 words)

	Amazon.com: The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford (2 volume set): Books: Norman E. Tutorow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I have had the opportunity to rub shoulders with Dr. Tutorow for many years, and was most pleased to learn some 5 years or so ago that he, with Mrs.
		Tutorow's able assistance, was to write the history of Amasa Leland Stanford.
		As the book progressed, I was fortunate to be able to review the chapters written re: the Central Pacific Rail Road.
	www.amazon.com /Governor-Life-Legacy-Leland-Stanford/dp/0870623265 (715 words)

	Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy News @ Earnestness.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nicholas Copernicus 1473 - 1543 He set the world spinning What he...
		2000); Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris (Doubleday, 1988) and entry on Copernicus in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at plato.
		Directory: Society: Philosophy: Reference: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
	www.earnestness.net /news/Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy (100 words)

	STANFORD Magazine: July/August 2004 > Showcase Sidebar
		ONCE UPON A TIME: Amasa Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824.
		PAGE: Leland Stanford bought the large Matadero Rancho from Peter Coutts and a neighboring tract from Mr.
		THE BIG FOUR: A railroad is built across the western mountains and desert.
	www.stanfordalumni.org /news/magazine/2004/julaug/show/paintings.html (80 words)

	The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media
		She wrote a number of novels and travel books, including her semi-autobiographical novel The Edwardians, and many books about gardening based on the garden she designed at Sissinghurst Castle.
		The founder of Stanford University, AMASA LELAND STANFORD, was born on this day in 1824 in Watervliet, New York.
		He and his wife established the Leland Stanford Junior University on his former farm at Palo Alto in 1891 as a memorial to his only child, Leland Jr., who had died at the age of 15.
	writersalmanac.publicradio.org /programs/1999/03/08/index.html (1513 words)

	Stanford Coat of Arms
		The Stanford family name comes from having lived in one of the many villages called Stanford, found in at least ten parishes in England.
		As such, the surname Stanford is classed as a habitation name, derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
		Goin' Home by Timeri Murari, Moses Stanford, Minuteman by Lois Remington Smith.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/stanford-coat-arms.htm (1278 words)

	Stanford University Encyclopedia Article @ Misjudged.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		• Leland Stanford • Jane Stanford • Stanford Alumni
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	www.misjudged.org /encyclopedia/Stanford_University (3424 words)

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		Stanford, (Amasa) Leland - Railroad builder and government official; he became governor of California (1861--63) and a founder and president of the Central Pacific Railroad (1863--93).
		He made a fortune, and, with his wife, founded and endowed Leland Stanford, Jr., University (1885) in memory of their only son (who died in 1884 at age 15).
		He drove the gold spike linking the US continent's railroad lines.
	www.masonicinfo.com /famous2.htm (7064 words)

	Jane Elizabeth Lathrop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born: 25 Aug 1828, Albany Albany NY Married: 30 Sep 1850, Sacramento CA Jane married Amasa Leland Stanford, son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth Phillips, on 30 Sep 1850 in Sacramento CA.
		(Amasa Leland Stanford was born on 09 Mar 1824 in Albany Albany NY and died on 20 Jun 1893 in Washington DC.)
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