http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf158001gt Online items available Guide to the Daniel Hartwig Stanford University. Libraries.Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford, California 2000 Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0. Guide to the SC0098 1 Overview Call Number: SC0098 Creator: Forsythe, Alexandra I. Creator: Forsythe, George E. , (George Elmer), 1917-1972. Title: George and Alexandra Forsythe papers Dates: 1936-1979 Physical Description: 40 Linear feet Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email:
[email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Custodial History Gift of Mrs. Sandra Forsythe, 1972, and Dianne and Warren Forsythe, 1979. Information about Access The materials are open for research use. Ownership & Copyright Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Cite As [Identification of item], George and Alexandra Forsythe Papers, SC 098, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif. Biography Memorial Resolution: George Elmer Forsythe 1917-1972 George E. Forsythe, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, died on April 9, 1972, at the age of 55. He founded the Stanford Computer Science Department, one of the first such departments in the nation, on January 1, 1965.