David Starr Jordan
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David Starr Jordan 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 Universit
Jordan as president of Stanford University in 1913
David Starr Jordan House in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Jordan's wife, Susan Bowen Jordan, in 1879
Jane Stanford
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Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder in 1885 of Stanford University with her husband Leland Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who d
Portrait of Leland and Jane Stanford in 1850
Headline of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin on 1 March 1905, reporting Stanford's death.