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Stanford University

Established

Nov 11, 1885

Location

Stanford, CA

Nickname

Cardinal

Stanford University

About

Prestigious university known for its academics that became one of the top fundraising institutions in the nation. Many impactful technology companies started at Stanford including Google, which begun as a research project by two PhD students at Stanford. The two Yahoo founders also met during their graduate work at Stanford back in 1984.

Trivia

The university enrolls around 15,000 students annually, over half being postgraduate students.

#10 school

Stanford University Past and Present Attendees

David Baszucki

David Baszucki, 62

1

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon, 49

2

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods, 49

3

Safiya Nygaard

Safiya Nygaard, 32

4

Issa Rae

Issa Rae, 40

5

Ben Savage

Ben Savage, 44

6

Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey, 28

7

Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky, 28

8

Cory Booker

Cory Booker, 55

9

Elle Walker

Elle Walker, 43

10

Sally Ride

Sally Ride (1951-2012)

11

Coy Wire

Coy Wire, 46

12

Brook Lopez

Brook Lopez, 37

13

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney, 78

14

Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman, 37

15

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow, 52

16

Jidenna

Jidenna, 39

17

John Elway

John Elway, 64

18

Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton, 45

19

Skyler Samuels

Skyler Samuels, 30

20

Andrew Luck

Andrew Luck, 35

21

Zach Ertz

Zach Ertz, 34

22

Tablo

Tablo, 44

23

Kerri Walsh-Jennings

Kerri Walsh-Jennings, 46

24

Stanford University Trivia

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Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel, 34

25

Dwight Powell

Dwight Powell, 33

26

Doug Baldwin

Doug Baldwin, 36

27

Solomon Thomas

Solomon Thomas, 29

28

Joe Kaprielian

Joe Kaprielian, 27

29

Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, 49

30

Ryan Michelle Bathe

Ryan Michelle Bathe, 48

31

Kassidy Cook

Kassidy Cook, 29

32

John C Miller

John C Miller

33

Bryce Love

Bryce Love, 27

34

Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Holmes, 41

35

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