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About Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford (parts of its campus being located in Palo Alto), which is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, with a population estimated at a number of nearly 13 500 inhabitants, during the 2000 census.

Stanford University was founded in 1891 by a railroad magnate, named Leland Stanford, who was also a USA Senator, as well as a former California Governor, along with his wife, Jane Stanford. The university was named in honor of their single child - Leland Stanford Jr. - who tragically died in 1884, just before turning 16. The grieving parents decided to open the university in his name, saying that `the children of California shall be our children`.

Today, Stanford University has an enrollment of nearly 7000 undergraduate and more than 8000 graduate students, from USA and all over the world, and according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, it is second among world universities, its undergraduate program being ranked 4th in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report.

The athletic teams from Stanford University are known as the Stanford Cardinal, teams who participate in the NCAA Division I-A, the university also being a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal also compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for indoor track (men and women), including men's and women's gymnastics and volleyball, among several others. In each year, for the past 15 years, Stanford has won the NACDA Directors' Cup, maintaining the athletic rivalry with Cal, in the Pacific-10 Conference.

The list of notable alumni from Stanford University contains names such as Jeremy M. Berg - director, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Paul Kaminski - national medal of technology winner, Henry Kendall - Nobel Prize winner in physics, Kenneth L. Davis - President and Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, as well as many other great people who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.