斯坦福大学的简介英文版.pptx

The Stanford University;Brief introduction;Leadership President Marc Tessier-Lavigne Provost John Etchemendy since 2000 Seven Schools Business Earth Sciences Education Engineering Humanities and Sciences Law Medicine Endowment $22.2 billion (as of Aug. 31, 2015) ;The world ranking of the Stanford;Infrastructure;library;Sports facility;Canteen;Health care ;Location;History;The rudiment of the Stanford;; Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and, like many of his wealthy contemporaries, made his fortune in the railroads. He was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a U.S. senator. He and Jane had one son, who died of typhoid fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in Italy. Leland Jr. was just 15. Within weeks of his death, the Stanfords decided that, because they no longer could do anything for their own child, the children of California shall be our children. They quickly set about to find a lasting way to memorialize their beloved son.; The Stanfords considered several possibilities –?a university, a technical school, a museum. While on the East Coast, they visited Harvard, MIT, Cornell and Johns Hopkins?to seek advice on starting a new university in California. Ultimately, they decided to establish two institutions in Leland Juniors name - the University and a museum. From the outset they made some untraditional choices: the university would be coeducational, in a time when most were all-male; non-denominational, when most were associated with a religious organization; and avowedly practical, producing cultured and useful citizens.; On October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. The prediction of a New York newspaper that Stanford professors would lecture in marble halls to empty benches was quickly disproved. The first student body consisted of 555 men and women, and the original faculty of 15 was expan