Realizing the Vision a Little More Than Four Years Ago, We Laid out a Bold Agenda for the and in the James H

Issue 2 n Volume 10 n Winter 2011

Realizing the Vision A little more than four years ago, we laid out a bold agenda for the And in the James H. Clark Center, the hub for Stanford’s Bio-X university. In the face of profound challenges confronting society, program, a team of researchers led by psychiatrist and bioengineer we recognized the opportunity—and the obligation—for Stanford Karl Deisseroth wondered: How can we pinpoint more effective to be at the forefront in the search for solutions and in the education treatment for neurological and psychiatric disorders, if we don’t of a new generation of leaders. As we enter the fifth and final year of fundamentally understand the inner workings of the brain? This The Stanford Challenge, that vision is becoming a reality. frustration motivated Deisseroth and his team of researchers to experiment with a radical idea. “Against all odds,” as he says, With the resounding support of more than 152,000 they figured out how to isolate and excite specific brain cells in alumni, parents, and friends, we have invested in innovative response to pulses of light. In so doing, they pioneered a powerful multidisciplinary research initiatives in environmental Karl Deisseroth, PhD ’98, MD ’00 (above left and new “optogenetics” field that offers neuroscientists a remarkably sustainability, international peace and security, and human health. top right), has opened up a groundbreaking field, precise set of tools with which to identify and map neural We have brought together some of the best minds in the world, optogenetics, which promises to yield fundamental pathways. Deisseroth, who has won several national awards for new insights into the workings of the brain. Graduate teaming expert faculty and young investigators with graduate his discoveries, will assume leadership of the new undergraduate students like Joanna Mattis, MD ’11, PhD ’15 students and undergraduates. And we have created incentives bioengineering major this coming fall. (center), and Remy Durand, MS ’09, PhD ’13 (right), and opportunities for them to take risks and collaborate across the Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Interdisciplinary departments and schools. A few of our early successes stand out: Scores of similarly exciting projects are taking root across campus. Graduate Fellow, are vital members of his research Breakthroughs span the university, from science and engineering In 2004, faculty at the Woods Institute for the Environment team. PHOTOS: Toni Gauthier, Steve Gladfelter to K–12 education and the arts. They are fueled by seed grants for asked: Can we quantify key benefits from nature, and develop out-of-the-box thinking, targeted support for cross-disciplinary tools for readily incorporating those values into decisions? Biologist scholars, expanded backing for graduate fellowships, and vital Gretchen Daily and her colleagues piloted the idea in Hawaii, funding from donors. Thanks to your generosity, Stanford faculty working with landowners to advance practical new business and students are charting new directions and making a difference models. This was the foundation for the Natural Capital Project, in the world. an unprecedented partnership of the Woods Institute, The Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund, and the University of Though we have much to celebrate, we must focus intently in Minnesota. Today, their InVEST software and new approach to the coming year on securing the resources to ensure this work can conservation and human development are being used in public flourish long after The Stanford Challenge has closed. and private decision making from California to China and from Our top priorities are: Tanzania to the Andes. • The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Program At the same time, researchers at the Freeman Spogli Institute for (SIGF), which positions up-and-coming researchers at the heart International Studies debated a critical question facing scores of of our multidisciplinary initiatives. countries around the world: Is democracy a prerequisite for sustainable economic development, or vice • Undergraduate financial aid, which allows us to meet the needs versa? The discussion gave birth to a vibrant of top-quality students from all walks of life. research effort at the Center on Democracy, • The K–12 Initiative, which applies scientific, data-driven “Our goal for The Stanford Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), analysis to identify effective reforms and develop quality teacher Challenge is nothing short of through which leading scholars from a broad education and training programs. range of disciplines have joined hands with building a university for the experienced policy makers to examine the • The arts, which are an integral part of the Stanford experience 21st century and beyond: a interrelationship between stable governance for every undergraduate. and economic and social progress. And university that will better through its annual Draper Hills Summer Please join us in realizing the vision of The Stanford Challenge. n serve the world through the Fellows Program, the center has forged Together, we can achieve great things. ongoing partnerships with a network of quality, impact, and vision leaders facing the struggle firsthand in more of its research, and through than 60 countries, including China, Russia, the new generations of Syria, and Pakistan. CDDRL, directed by Larry Diamond, recently launched an John L. Hennessy leaders it will produce.” undergraduate honors program. President –John L. Hennessy President

thestanfordchallenge.stanford.edu Meeting The Stanford Challenge

The Stanford Challenge—now in its fifth and final year—has enabled the university to invest in students and faculty and provide them with critical resources to address major problems facing the world. With the generous support of donors, Stanford has:

. Endowed 68 new faculty positions, including provostial professorships, school-based professorships, directorships, and senior fellowships. . Endowed 260 new graduate fellowships for students working within and across disciplines. . Raised $187 million for need-based undergraduate scholarships. . Awarded approximately $27 million in seed funding for solutions-oriented research. . Opened nine new buildings that promote cross-disciplinary research and education.

The Stanford Center at Peking University will be housed in the Lee Jung Sen Building, now under construction on the site of the former imperial palace grounds. RENDERING: Courtesy of Mo Atelier Szeto

Breaking New Ground in China

At first glance, the new Stanford Center at Peking University Studies, and the Olivier/Nomellini Family University Fellow in (SCPKU) will look classically Chinese—its tiled roofs enclosing Undergraduate Education. a courtyard, its frame constructed the old-fashioned way, without “Stanford has had a strong collaboration with PKU for nearly a nails. But beneath the traditional ground floor, a state-of-the-art decade,” explains Oi, noting that the Beijing campus of Stanford’s facility two stories deep will feature modern classrooms, offices, Bing Overseas Studies Program is already hosted at PKU. “This and conference spaces designed to bring together Chinese and project is a natural progression of that relationship. It is also a American scholars. Architecturally and intellectually, the center will bold move that will put us in the forefront of U.S. universities in span two worlds. China,” she says. The center will offer resources not only for China One of the first facilities of its kind created by an American specialists, but also for Stanford engineers, doctors, social scientists, university on a Chinese university campus, SCPKU represents a and others—any students or faculty from the university. major commitment by Stanford and a generous group of alumni, “SCPKU is an exciting project on multiple levels,” notes Blacker. parents, and friends on both continents (see sidebar). Given China’s “It’s a dynamic platform that will facilitate the entry of all seven growing international prominence, many see this as a strategic Stanford schools into the heart of the contemporary Chinese scene. It investment for Stanford. Stanford’s location on the Pacific Rim will be an integrated effort, affording faculty, graduate students, and provides an advantage in understanding China and fostering U.S.- undergraduates unprecedented access to their Chinese counterparts Asia relations, and the new center will establish a physical presence at a key moment in the development of relations between our two for Stanford’s work throughout China on a host of global issues. countries. And it’s a critically important first step in our commitment For Chien Lee, ’75, MS ’75, MBA ’79, a Hong Kong–based to bring Stanford to the world in a sustained and meaningful way.” private investor whose family’s charitable foundation is the lead SCPKU will provide a base of operations for fieldwork, coursework, donor, the key is collaboration between Stanford and PKU, one of and internships, allowing faculty and students to examine world China’s most prestigious institutions. issues as they play out in China and to study the region and its “It will be a good partnership. When you get great people together, people firsthand. Scholars from both countries will combine you can really achieve something,” says Lee, a former Stanford their expertise on challenges like rural health care and education, trustee. The link between Stanford and PKU is also personal for sustainable development, and global economic stability. Lee: The SCPKU building, on which construction began last The approximately 70 Stanford undergraduates who study abroad summer, will be named for his father, the late Lee Jung Sen who in Beijing each year through the Bing Overseas Studies Program will attended PKU in the mid-1930s when it was Yenching University. find a home in the Lee Jung Sen Building, alongside a steady stream Lee’s mother, Leatrice Lowe Lee, was in the Stanford class of 1945. of graduate students conducting fieldwork. “SCPKU provides Stanford with a presence in a critical country “For Stanford students, there’s no substitute for going to China,” and region going forward into the 21st century,” says trustee Steven Oi says. For Chinese students, the center will offer opportunities to Denning, MBA ’78, an early supporter. study with Stanford faculty and could serve as a gateway to pursuing The project is the brainchild of Jean Oi and Coit Blacker. Oi is the coursework in the United States. William Haas Professor in Chinese Politics, director of the Stanford The center’s completion is projected for late 2011, with a formal China Program, and senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli opening projected for spring 2012. Meanwhile, Oi and others are Institute for International Studies (FSI). Blacker is director of FSI, hard at work planning and fundraising for the myriad of programs the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor in International it will house. n

2 Campaign gifts and pledges have also resulted in measurable advances including the following:

…IN HUMAN HEALTH: . Opened the Lokey Stem Cell Research Building, the nation’s largest stem cell research facility. . Launched Bio-X NeuroVentures, a multidisciplinary effort to understand the workings of the brain, including the Optoge- netics Innovation Laboratory to advance a pioneering field (see cover). . Established the Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection and the Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research. . Created the Freidenrich Center for Translational Research to speed discoveries from bench to bedside. . Built from scratch what has already become a top-rated bioengineering department.

LEFT: Rosamond Naylor, the William Wrigley Senior Fellow, serves on a number of advisory councils, including for the Pew Fellowships Program in Marine Science. She also conducts fieldwork in Chile, investigating how aquaculture farms impact coastal waters. RIGHT: Francis Fukuyama, FSI’s Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, has worked on governance and democratic institution-building issues for organizations like the World Bank and the National Endowment for Democracy. PHOTOS: Steve Castillo, Courtesy of David Fukuyama WHAT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO GIVE TO STANFORD?

Find out at honorrolls.stanford.edu, Senior Fellows: A Foot in Two Worlds which features personal accounts from donors. The password-protected site In 2010 alone, Rosamond Naylor was featured in Smithsonian Policy Research, although their appointments may span more recognizes giving all over campus, magazine for helping to address a growing global food crisis, than one. Such positions give the university a powerful tool for including donors whose Stanford Challenge cited in for her research on the effects of The New York Times recruiting sought-after scholars. Presently, there are only five support totals $50,000 or more through aquaculture on wild fish populations, referenced in The Economist endowed named fellowships in total at FSI and Woods. October 10, 2010–– the fourth anniversary for her work on global climate change, and given the pulpit in In July, Stanford welcomed Francis Fukuyama as the inaugural of the campaign launch. a Los Angeles Times op-ed on regulation of marine fish farms. Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, based at FSI. A leading expert on Naylor, a professor of environmental earth systems science who democracy and development, Fukuyama, also has a foot in both Share your inspiration at directs Stanford’s Program on Food Security and the Environment the policy and academic worlds. He has served as an advisor to honorrolls.stanford.edu (FSE), is an example of that unique scholar who bridges the divide presidents but comes to Stanford from the Paul H. Nitze School of between the academic and policy spheres. Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where Rarer still are the kinds of university positions that enable hybrid he directed the school’s international development program in scholars to pursue work that often steps outside the realm of Washington, D.C. That placed Fukuyama near the center of policy traditional academic research. For Naylor, her appointment as the making, but opportunities to collaborate with other scholars were “I give to The Stanford Fund William Wrigley Senior Fellow has been crucial to her success. few, he says. because I believe that every undergraduate student has Endowed by donors Julie Ann Wrigley ’71, Alison Wrigley Rusack “When I think about the work I want to be doing for the rest of been touched in some way by ’80, and Geoffrey Claflin Rusack, the fellowship is designed to my life, it is research on a bigger, broader scale,” Fukuyama says. the generosity of alumni, and I support faculty whose work brings academic rigor directly to bear “Being at FSI allows me to come together to share ideas with want to continue that legacy. on public debate and applied policy—especially those who span people from different fields.” I know that for me personally, more than one academic discipline. In Naylor’s case, the Wrigley His fellowship, endowed by donors Angela Nomellini, ’75, I would not have been able fellowship is housed jointly in the Freeman Spogli Institute and Kenneth Olivier, ’74, is enabling him to finish writing a to attend Stanford if I hadn’t for International Studies (FSI) and the Woods Institute for the received financial aid from TSF.” two-volume work on The Origins of Political Order, about the Environment at Stanford. She is an economist by training. emergence of world politics. It’s sophisticated stuff, but not —Janine Elizabeth Chen ’06 “The senior fellowship has helped me to pursue a diverse research necessarily the kind of work that gets you a traditional university program and, at the same time, engage with private and public post. “If you’re trying to get tenure, you should never write a book decision makers,” says Naylor, whose fieldwork investigates the like this,” Fukuyama explains. As far as Stanford is concerned, he’s impact of climate change on crop yields and the effects of volatile come to the right place. commodity markets on hunger. “Senior fellows like Frank inspire faculty and students,” says To Jeff Koseff and Buzz Thompson, the Perry L. McCarty Co- FSI Director Coit Blacker, the Olivier Nomellini Professor in Directors of the Woods Institute, senior fellows form a vanguard International Studies. “Their expertise is perfectly suited to helping of interdisciplinary scholars working at the intersection of research us address the complex challenges facing the world today.” n and policy. They help design transformative solutions to the world’s major environmental challenges, they explain. At Stanford, endowed senior fellows are appointed to unlimited terms and based in the university’s independent institutes including FSI, Woods, and the Stanford Institute for Economic

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…IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: . Established the Woods Institute for the Environment, a multidisciplinary hub for teaching, research, and action. . Opened the Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building. . Launched the Precourt Institute for Energy, the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, and the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. . Forged partnerships with leaders in business, government, and nonprofit organizations on issues such as the economic value of natural resources, global food security, ocean conservation, and water in the West. . Established the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, offering doctoral training and joint master’s degrees in law, business, and medicine. . Strengthened Stanford Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic.

…IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: . Strengthened the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. . Created a research center and the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program focused on the links between democracy, development, and the rule of law. . Broke ground on the Stanford Center at Peking University.

PHOTO: Linda A. Cicero/Stanford News Service

Blue-Sky Thinking

He’s been called a “serial inventor.” Armand Neukermans, PhD “We want to help fund new thinkers,” says Eliane. “We want ’70, holds 75 patents, and his micro-mirror technology for to support and encourage their efforts to find solutions to the moving data in the form of light, rather than electrons, helped problems facing the planet.” make him Silicon Valley’s Inventor of the Year in 2001. It also Their fellowship gifts will do just that. Stanford graduate led to the staggering success of his optical networking company, students are essential members of every research team, Xros, and launched Armand and his wife, Eliane, a lifelong generating fresh ideas as they conduct hands-on experiments educator and retired Castilleja School teacher, on second careers and co-author groundbreaking papers. Award-winning work as what you might call “serial philanthropists.” can often be traced to the winner’s graduate years. Providing As donors, the Neukermanses have championed many causes, fellowships is therefore key to Stanford’s ability to attract the from education to relief for civilian victims of landmines. But best and the brightest from around the world. And innovations as friends of the late Stanford climatologist Stephen Schneider, like the SIGF Program allow them to pursue their own ideas they have become increasingly focused on what many regard as wherever they lead. the ultimate challenge to human survival: global warming. Nor do the Neukermanses limit their gifts to fellowships: They “We are well aware of the dangerous implications for the future also provide funding for Stanford’s Biodesign program, in of the earth,” Armand says. “It has become our driving concern.” which graduate students get hands-on training in developing biomedical technologies. They’ve helped connect students with To that end, the Neukermanses have endowed two graduate India’s Jaipur Foot organization, a collaboration that created the fellowships at Stanford, enabling future generations of inventors $20 “Jaipur knee,” a low-cost prosthetic for amputees that Time and problem solvers to tackle problems in energy and the magazine recognized as one of the top 50 inventions of 2009. environment. Their first fellowship fund supports graduate students within the School of Engineering, working in defined Meanwhile, Armand Neukermans remains a tireless areas such as chemical and environmental engineering to explore inventor. He is working with researchers in the potential of paradigm-shifting technologies. The second fund England on the feasibility of spraying droplets is part of the Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship of seawater into the atmosphere to brighten (SIGF) Program, which gives students the freedom to clouds, reflecting more sunlight away from pursue research questions across the boundaries the earth and potentially reversing the effects of traditional departments and disciplines, of global warming. combining basic sciences like physics and Without knowing exactly biology with work in engineering and even where his work—or that of public policy. the Neukermans fellows at Stanford—will eventually lead, it’s fair to say the sky’s RIGHT: Eliane and the limit. n Armand Neukermans, PhD ’70

PHOTO: Rod Searcey

4 . Expanded international programs in the School of Humanities and Sciences, including the Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies; the Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, with added emphasis on the study of Persian language and literature; the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies; the Confucius Institute for Chinese language and culture; and the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies; and launched a new program in Chinese archaeology. . Expanded international public service opportunities for students. . Opened a new Bing Overseas Studies Program in South Africa.

… IN K–12 EDUCATION: . Established the Center for Education Policy Analysis and the Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching. . Created the Avery Loan Forgiveness Program, which to date has supported more than 300 students in the Stanford Teacher Education Program. . Launched a leadership training program for 75 Bay Area high school principals. . Forged a network with 10 large urban school districts across the country and the San Francisco Unified School District to support and sustain effective local reform. . Expanded partnerships with local schools and nonprofits serving youth through the Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, housed in the Barnum Family Center.

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows: A New Generation of Thought Leaders

Developing alternative energy technologies. Ensuring access to clean water. Unlocking the power of stem cells. To enable graduate students—essential members of every research team—to engage in the exciting research at the heart of The Stanford Challenge, the university has created the unique Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF) Program. Unlike a traditional fellowship or research grant, SIGF funding is not tied to a particular faculty member or department. Instead, the fellowships follow the students as they reach out to different disciplines for promising ideas. Forty-one SIGFs have been awarded to date; the university seeks to endow 100 of these unique fellowships. Three recipients—Matthew Simonton, Marilyn Cornelius, and Melinda Cromie—are profiled below.

MATTHEW SIMONTON, MA ’12, Matthew Simonton lives in two worlds—modern day and ancient Greece—and in two academic PHD ’12 disciplines—classics and political science. As a PhD candidate in classics, he is simultaneously earning a master’s degree in political science, and hoping to marry the two in his academic career. FOCUS Applying modern political Simonton’s research is focused on a relatively unstudied form of ancient Greek government: science principles to the study of oligarchy, or the rule of the few. He is primarily interested in the performance and internal ancient Greek oligarchies. dynamics of the political institutions of these oligarchies, which are not as well documented as classical democracy. INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS Classics, Political Science Since completing his coursework and teaching requirements, Simonton spends his days poring over texts created by the very first historians and inscriptions preserved on stone for the past 2,500 years. “Gaining a fuller picture of politics in the ancient world “My goal is to better understand this type of regime to compare it more accurately with the best can help us understand the documented government of ancient Greece, democratic Athens,” says Simonton, who reads in origins, development, and both Greek and Latin. “It’s illuminating to study what the stakes were between democracy and future trajectory of democracy.” oligarchy in the ancient world.”

MARILYN CORNELIUS, PHD ’13 Inspired by her former advisor, the late Stanford climatologist Stephen Schneider, Marilyn Cornelius is tackling the issue of mitigating climate change at a grassroots level. Her fundamental FOCUS question: How can we motivate people to use less energy in the residential sector? Combining climate studies, behavioral sciences, and design Based in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER), which to change patterns of energy use. gives her the freedom to work in multiple fields, Cornelius has developed an innovative outreach program that teaches energy reduction and inspires behavior change. She started with a behavior- INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS change model developed in the School of Medicine and applied it to energy consumption, using Climate Change, Behavioral principles from Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Sciences, Design Her primary study targeted adolescents. Through a five-hour program taught over five weeks at a “I study how to motivate people local school, Cornelius focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by targeting three areas of to use less energy.” everyday actions in the home: food, electricity, and transportation. In this first-of-its-kind study, Cornelius found energy usage changed significantly among her research subjects. She is now working to make this novel curriculum available to teachers and policy makers across California— and turning her attention to adults.

MELINDA CROMIE, PHD ’11 “So many things happen at one time to create movement,” explains Melinda Cromie. “Every time you move, all the tiny elements of the muscle, called sarcomeres, are working in unison, creating FOCUS force and motion.” Understanding the fundamental behavior of human muscle Unlike her scientific predecessors, who were limited to studying sarcomeres in petri dishes, by imaging sarcomeres, the Cromie is imaging sarcomeres in motion in the body for the first time, using a novel smallest units of muscle tissue microendoscopy system. that contract to generate force. Working between labs in bioengineering, mechanical engineering, applied physics, and biology, INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS and collaborating with orthopedic surgeons and laser microscopy experts, Cromie has constructed Bioengineering, Mechanical a microendoscopy system to image these sarcomeres by shining a laser into the muscle through a Engineering, Applied Physics, tiny lens inside a needle. By taking a series of pictures as the arm moves, she is able to see how Biology the sarcomeres change throughout the range of motion. “For the first time, we are able to directly study the microscopic basis of whole muscle force and “ I was drawn to answer questions motion. This will teach us how to better treat the disabling weakness in conditions like cerebral that couldn’t be answered with palsy, stroke, spinal cord imaging, and aging,” she says. current technology.”

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… IN THE ARTS AND CREATIVITY: . Established the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts to expand arts programming, teaching, and research across the university. . Broke ground for the Bing Concert Hall, and initiated planning for the McMurtry Building, a new home for the Department of Art and Art History. . Launched an Arts Intensive, enabling undergraduates with or without arts experience to focus deeply on one arts topic before the start of each fall quarter. . Established the Plattner Institute of Design.

… IN GRADUATE EDUCATION: . Created the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education. . Launched doctoral fellowship programs for students pursuing interdisciplinary research and for those from diverse backgrounds. . Forged new models for medical, law, and business education that include an increased focus on interdisciplinary learning and research, as well as innovative experiential opportunities. . Established dozens of new joint degree programs, marrying disciplines across schools.

“Art isn’t just the icing on the cake. It plays an essential role in our development as human beings and in fulfilling human potential.” —Victoria Sant, ’61

“The arts, like the humanities, ‘teach’ in a tactile, concrete fashion that brings deep understanding of a culture, a time, and a world view. They are particularly relevant in an academic setting.” LEFT: Roger and Victoria Sant, ’61, serve on The Stanford Challenge Leadership Council. Victoria Sant is a member of the advisory councils for the Arts Initiative, the Woods — Marilynn Thoma, MBA ’74 Institute for the Environment, and Stanford in Washington, and she serves on the Stanford Challenge, Washington, D.C., Major Gifts Committee. RIGHT: Marilynn Thoma, MBA ’74, and Carl Thoma, MBA ’73, serve on The Stanford Challenge Leadership Council. Marilynn is also a member of the Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and the Cantor Arts Center’s Director’s Advisory Council. PHOTOS: Philip Bermingham Photography, Courtesy of the Thomas

The Artful University: A Conversation with Dean Richard Saller

As Dean Richard Saller took the reins at the School of Humanities Q. Marilynn, MBA ’74, and Carl Thoma, MBA ’73, have and Sciences in 2007, he turned his energies to exploring ways to endowed a unique “provostial” professorship designed to help propel the arts forward across campus. New endowed profes- span the arts and humanities. What impact will it have on sorships, including the Victoria and Roger Sant Professorship in Art the arts at Stanford? and the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professorship in the A. A faculty member who crosses academic boundaries will spark Arts and Humanities, have provided a tremendous opportunity to new ideas and stimulate conversations. For the Thoma Provostial accelerate this effort by strengthening the Department of Art and Professorship, we are seeking a candidate who straddles the visual Art History. Stanford Benefactor spoke with Dean Saller about the arts and philosophy, literature, English, or history. Very well known transformation underway in the department and its impact on the senior faculty from other institutions are stepping forward, which arts at Stanford. is unusual and testifies to the enormous potential of this position to Q. What strategies did you develop for building up the advance both the arts and the humanities. department? Q. You mentioned other new professorships. What can you tell A. The department spans three different fields—art history, art us about those? practice, and film and media studies—and is scattered across A. In addition to filling the Thoma professorship, the art and art history campus. Our first objective was to create a central home, the department will be finding a successor to Wanda Corn for the Robert planned Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building, which will pull and Ruth Halperin Professorship in Art History and conducting a the faculty and programs together with the added benefit of being search to fill the new Denning Family Professorship in the Arts over the adjacent to the Cantor Arts Center. The second was to enlarge the next two years. Nancy and the department aim to recruit faculty who faculty. The incremental professorships we have been fortunate share their vision of building strong teaching programs. We want to enough to secure enable us to recruit new talents and substantially draw students to the classroom—not just as majors, but so all students enhance leadership in the arts, both within the department and can experience the arts. This is one of the goals of the Arts Initiative. across campus. Q. Speaking of the Arts Initiative—how is this effort taking shape? Q. How has the professorship endowed by Victoria Sant, ’61, and Roger Sant opened up new possibilities? A. The Arts Initiative is having great success. One of the most gratifying aspects is seeing how passionate Stanford’s alumni and friends A. Because the department is so small, we decided to look outside are about further developing the arts on campus. In addition to for a department chair. By endowing a new senior faculty appoint- funding new faculty positions and graduate fellowships, we’ve been ment, the Sants made this possible. We sought somebody not only able to create a new level of innovation and activity around the arts of scholarly distinction, but also with demonstrated leadership ca- Richard Saller, the Vernon R. & with donor support, especially across traditional disciplinary lines. pacity who could raise the visibility of the department. Our choice, The breadth and depth of arts programs available to undergraduates Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean Nancy Troy, has chaired departments at Northwestern and the is markedly different than it was just a few short years ago. It’s also of the School of Humanities and University of Southern California. Fortuitously, the newly secured important to note the valuable contributions of Gerhard Casper, Sciences and Kleinheinz Family Thoma professorship helped seal her commitment to come to Stan- who has brought focus and definition to the initiative, and faculty ford—it’s very rare that a new chair can so quickly shape a depart- leaders Bryan Wolf and Jonathan Berger, who have put in an enor- Professor of European Studies ment by bringing in a cadre of established faculty. mous amount of time pressing for its goals. We wouldn’t be where PHOTO: Steve Castillo we are today in this effort without them. n

6 . Opened the Huang Engineering Center, the School of Medicine’s Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, and the Munger Graduate Residence. . Nearing completion of the Knight Management Center for the Graduate School of Business and the Neukom Building at Stanford Law School.

…THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY: . Established cross-disciplinary centers focused on poverty, human longevity, and nanoscale science and technology, as well as the Lane Center for the American West. . Opened the Gunn Building, a new home for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. . Expanded research, teaching, and programming at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. . Advanced research and education at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. . Launched the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, a program that focuses on computational methods and mathematical models to solve problems across disciplines. . Built the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, a state-of-the-art “garage” for hands-on automotive research. . Created the Annenberg Strategic Initiative, bringing scholars together to examine issues of national security, foreign policy, and the global economy.

ABOVE: MBA students on a study trip to Africa led by Graduate School of Business alumna Andreata Muforo, MBA ’09 (fourth from right), visit the Bank of Botswana, the country’s central bank. PHOTO: Courtesy of A. Muforo

Forging Global Connections

Dorothy “Dottie” and Robert “Bob” King, MBA ’60, have a natural Muforo’s connection with the Kings began when she received the gift for hospitality—a gift that has transformed the lives of countless Robert E. and Dorothy J. King Fellowship as a GSB student, and individuals around the world. Over the course of more than four the tie between them has blossomed into a lifelong friendship. As decades, the Kings have shared their home with more than 35 with several of their former home-stay and fellowship students, the international graduate students at Stanford, helping to make these Kings have visited Muforo in Tunisia where she currently works. newcomers feel welcome in a new country and giving them a sense She expects them to join her in Kenya for her wedding in April. of family many miles from home. Xiangmin Cui, PhD, ’97, has a similar story. As a young man That same generosity of spirit is at work in their recent gift to the from rural China, he stayed with the Kings as he embarked on his Graduate School of Business (GSB). Recognizing that the “world doctoral studies at Stanford. “Min” became like a son to them. He is shrinking,” the Kings have provided $2 million to support GSB was baptized in the Kings’ church in Maine, and Bob and Dottie programs that make it possible for every MBA student to gain visited him in his home village in Shandong province in 2000. firsthand experience abroad. Their friendship also led to an interesting opportunity. Min “I think in a classic business sense, if you don’t have an international introduced Bob to his friend Eric Xu in 1999, who soon joined perspective, you’re not going to make it,” says Bob, who has seen hands with Internet engineer Robin Li with a proposal to launch a the accelerated pace at which U.S. start-ups must begin doing Chinese-language search engine. They turned to Bob to secure seed business overseas through his venture firm Peninsula Capital. funding and subsequently to bring in other U.S. investors. Both Dottie and Bob were on hand in 2005 when Baidu The GSB recently redesigned its MBA curriculum, making made its smashing debut on NASDAQ. Business international study and experiential learning abroad a requirement aside, the most valuable outcome to the Kings for graduation. Through myriad study, service-learning, and remains their personal relationship with Min, as summer internship opportunities, graduate students broaden their well as many international students who have understanding of international business and develop skills to help them become a part of their lives. manage effectively in the global environment. The school’s approach is one facet of a wider university effort—the Stanford International “We love young people and their stories,” Initiative—to educate global citizens and contribute to the search says Dottie. As a young mom, she initiated for solutions to the complex problems confronting the world. her family’s outreach to international students through the Bechtel International House at Stanford alumnus and native Zimbabwean Andreata Muforo, Stanford. Today, in addition to supporting MBA ’09, recently led a GSB study trip to South Africa, Stanford graduate students, the Kings have Botswana, and Zambia. “The students were deeply touched by created the Thrive Foundation for Youth the experience,” Muforo says, “and three of them were motivated along with their three children to promote the to undertake summer internships in Africa.” The Kings hosted positive development of youth ages 10 to 15. a dinner for the returning group at their home, soaking up the students’ stories of what they saw and learned. “Several of them “As this world continues to shrink,” Dottie says, “it told us the trip had changed their perception of what they wanted is these one-on-one, personal relationships that will RIGHT: Dorothy and to do in the world,” Bob adds. “It was really powerful.” contribute to a better international understanding and Robert King, MBA ’60 peaceful world.” n PHOTO: Rod Searcey

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AN UNCOMMON COUPLE: Jill, ’63, and John Freidenrich, ’59, LLB ’63

From its pioneering spirit to its exceptional breadth of excellence, Stanford is distinct among institutions of higher education. Yet, more than any other defining feature, it is the people who surround the institution that make this a special place. People like Jill and John Freidenrich.

The Freidenriches’ commitment to Stanford spans three university presidents and more than 40 years. The couple has supported a range of university priorities from athletics and undergraduate scholarships, to law, art, and medicine, and recently established the Freidenrich Support Foundation, a unique philanthropic vehicle designed to benefit Stanford over many years (see sidebar).

They have also given generously of their time and talents, taking on various volunteer leadership roles. John, a Silicon Valley attorney and venture capitalist, has served on numerous boards from the law school to the medical school, from the hospitals to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He also served 10 years on the university’s Board of Trustees, including a term as board chair from 1992 to 1996.

Jill has served on the medical school’s Cancer Council, the Committee for Art Board of Governors, and various art panels across campus. Together the couple helped drive nationwide fundraising during the billion-dollar Centennial Campaign. In the words of Gerhard Casper, who started his Stanford presidency as John Freidenrich began his term as board chair, John is known for giving “unstintingly” of his time and thoughtful counsel, and Jill for her grace and “boundless energy and goodwill.”

Today, their exemplary leadership continues—at Stanford Medical Center, the Cantor Arts Center, and on behalf of The Stanford Challenge. Their many honors include the Governors’ Award, the Gold Spike, and the School of Medicine’s Dean’s Medal—and now the Degree of Uncommon Man and Woman, awarded in December for their unwavering and selfless service to Stanford.

Sharing a Passion for Art Over the years, they have loaned and gifted works of art from their personal collection—including a richly textured Throughout the campus, from the Cantor Arts Center to Elmer Bischoff painting and a characteristically minimalist the corridors of the hospitals, the Freidenriches’ remarkable Hans Arp sculpture—and helped bring special exhibitions passion for art—and for sharing this passion with others—is to the museum. They have become a trusted sounding board evident. As a young couple, Jill and John began collecting for Thomas Seligman, the Jill and John Freidenrich Director. all things Diebenkorn. Their pursuit soon extended to other contemporary artists, and from building their personal Jill has also worked tirelessly alongside other volunteers collection to augmenting that of the university. to brighten the lobbies, hallways, and treatment areas of Stanford Hospital & Clinics with contemporary artwork. When the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck, Jill was The diverse collection assembled by the hospital Art ABOVE: In honor of their rare attending a Committee for Art meeting in the museum Commission over the last two decades includes more than and extraordinary service to basement. In the aftermath of the shock, the couple 900 original pieces of art and 3,500 fine art posters. Their the university, President John quickly recognized the need to rebuild. They also saw an efforts have transformed the environment for patients, opportunity to create an even more vibrant art center to serve families, staff, and the community. Hennessy presented John, ’59, the university and the public. As a trustee, John helped to LLB ’63, and Jill Freidenrich, ’63, convince university leaders of this vision. As donors, they “It is very gratifying to get letters from patients who say, ‘You with the Degree of Uncommon offered significant financial backing, including endowment know, you don’t have any idea how warm it made me feel to Man and Woman in December. for the Cantor Arts Center directorship and a commitment look at this particular painting. It took me away from my to the rebuilding project that helped create the center’s largest troubles for half an hour,’” says Jill. PHOTO: Steve Castillo. exhibition space, the Freidenrich Family Gallery.

“The museum validates for me what art is all about, which is teaching,” says Jill. “The students are so richly connected, and we’ve been fortunate enough to be able to find art and work with curators to expand their learning opportunities.”

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE:

The Freidenrich Support Foundation Since his days as a university trustee, John Freidenrich has been a strong advocate for offering Stanford donors creative ways to give. Recently, he and Jill established the university’s first “support foundation,” a philanthropic organization uniquely linked to Stanford. John Freidenrich explains:

What sets a support foundation apart from other ways of giving? “For a start, a support foundation is created under the umbrella of a parent nonprofit institution, in this case Stanford University. You’re treated like the university, which affords you superior tax benefits, and you incur relatively low overhead.

“In return for those benefits, the university retains legal control of the board. Our Freidenrich Support Foundation has a five- person board: three positions are appointed as designees of PHOTO: Steve Gladfelter the university and two are from our family. There is no fixed spending structure, so it offers a lot of flexibility, and from Driving the Future of Medicine “Stanford is one of the few places where this is possible,” the university’s standpoint, it’s says John Freidenrich. “There are many talented people in essentially unrestricted money, The couple’s involvement with the medical center stretches different disciplines all on one campus. They are bright, which is extremely valuable.” back to the mid-1980s when John first joined the boards of tireless, and collaborative, and once they get together, Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. incredible things happen.” Why did you and Jill choose But their interest took on a new urgency in 1991 when Jill this approach? was diagnosed with breast cancer, an experience that “came Thanks to the Freidenriches’ leadership and incredible “Making this a focus of our out of nowhere” and affected their entire family. generosity, the School of Medicine has been able to attract estate planning is the biggest new faculty members—unique clinician-scientists—and philanthropic decision we’ve Emerging from the crisis, the Freidenriches looked for ways to provide seed funding to foster their translational research made. The support foundation make a difference. Jill rolled up her sleeves to co-found Breast programs. And in 2011, the school will break ground enables us to have a continuing Cancer Connections, a unique community-based breast cancer on the Freidenrich Center for Translational Research, a involvement with Stanford, resource center and support network. Today, the organization 30,000-square-foot hub for physicians and scientists, as well an institution to which we are deeply committed. It also allows draws on hundreds of volunteers to provide support—free as biostatisticians, nurses, patients, and clinical trial staff. us to work in partnership with of charge—to nearly 2,000 individuals each year. “Nobody The center will provide unlimited promise for the diagnosis, should have to face the diagnosis alone,” says Jill. the university to define our treatment, and prevention of cancer and other diseases. philanthropic goals and objectives. At a place like this, there is always Together, they deepened their connections to Stanford’s “We are very excited about this program and hopeful that something new and interesting to hospitals and medical school, and provided critical support some real advances will come out of it—in scientific research consider supporting. for the emerging cancer center, including a gift to name the and patient care,” says John. “It could make a big difference Freidenrich Breast Center in 2004. for a lot of people.” “What’s more, we have a lot of confidence that the university With the launch of The Stanford Challenge, Jill and John “It’s stimulating, and it’s upbeat,” adds Jill. “It helps keeps will continue to be well managed once again recognized a unique opportunity—this time, to us young.” n and served by people for whom help drive the future of medicine. In order to coordinate vital we would have a great respect. medical research, they realized the importance of bringing Whether we spend it all now or together the university’s vast scientific and clinical resources leave some for the future, I know to move the latest breakthroughs from bench to bedside as our investment will be in good quickly as possible. hands.” n

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NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Progress as of December 31, 2010

$187 M $300 M RAISED GOAL

ABOVE: Student veterans Sebastain Gould and Guez Salinas visit Memorial Auditorium to read a Veterans Day letter from President John Hennessy and view the honor roll of engraved names of members of the Stanford community who gave their lives in war. PHOTO: L. A. Cicero/Stanford News Service

Serving Those Who Served As a freshman studying philosophy at Stanford, Sebastain Carroll, who completed two years of ROTC training while Gould, ’11, was surprised to realize that his favorite thinkers studying at Stanford and served in Vietnam as a naval officer all had one thing in common: They were military veterans. after graduating, has long recognized the needs of veterans. Socrates, for example, served as a soldier during the Under his leadership, the foundation has supported groups Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. that help injured soldiers, as well as organizations that send “Socrates recommends that all people who want to do care packages to servicemen and women. Carroll and his board philosophy serve in the military first,” says Gould. decided that helping veterans with their education should also be a priority. His appreciation grew for Socrates and other veteran- philosophers—including Marcus Aurelius and Jean-Paul Although student vets receive tuition benefits from the Sartre—and Gould took a bold step. In January of his freshman Department of Veterans Affairs, many are left scrambling for year, the Michigan native enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve. jobs and other assistance to fill in the gaps—not an easy task During what would have been his sophomore year, Lance while trying to readjust to civilian life. The Perkins Foundation Corporal Gould was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq. scholarship helps cover those needs for Stanford’s veterans. The tour was both “painful and enlightening,” The fund supports six to eight students each year, many he says, providing insight into how people react in of whom Carroll met recently on campus. “They are extreme conditions. “Now I have a lot of material to outstanding young people,” he says. He also thinks other do philosophy with.” Stanford students can benefit from meeting those who have served their country. When his deployment ended, returning to life as an undergraduate at Stanford was “We believe the Stanford experience is enhanced by “rather difficult,” Gould says. But one the presence of veterans on campus—they have a thing has significantly helped: his Jean worldview that most students don’t have.” Perkins Foundation Scholarship. The aid Gould agrees. That’s why he’s been working eliminated his need for a job during the on a project at Stanford’s Haas Center for school term. Public Service. The effort reshapes the average “It allows me to focus on my studies rather than student’s view of the military by highlighting having to work while going to class,” says Gould. soldiers’ work as a form of public service. That is exactly the kind of impact the Jean Perkins “It has opened opportunities to engage the campus,” Foundation hoped for in creating its Stanford says Gould. He anticipates his next tour will take him n scholarship for returning combat veterans. The to Afghanistan. foundation, based in Los Angeles, was established two decades ago by Jean Perkins Stuart, an heir to the Carnation Company. It began making grants after Stuart’s LEFT: Marine Sebastain Gould, ’11, death six years ago, says Jamie Carroll, ’68, Stuart’s friend is the recipient of a Jean Perkins and attorney, who is president of the foundation. Foundation Scholarship.

PHOTO: Courtesy of S. Gould

10 ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS Progress as of December 31, 2010

$3.25 M $25 M RAISED GOAL

BIDDING A FOND FAREWELL John Bravman arrived at Stanford as a freshman in 1975, earned three engineering degrees, and went on to become the Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. During his tenure at Stanford, Bravman, ’79, MS ’81, PhD ’85, established a reputation as an extraordinary teacher, an accomplished researcher, a remarkable administrator, and an exceptional university citizen. He left Stanford in June 2010 to become president of Bucknell University. As a parting gift, a group of students, parents, alumni, and colleagues endowed the John C. Bravman Family Scholarship in his honor—a touching tribute, considering Bravman himself got his start at Stanford thanks to financial aid. With a base of $2 million, ABOVE: Carl Valentine, ’29 (right), and a fellow Stanford student in front of Toyon Hall. Both Carl and his wife, Mary, served in World War II. Mary “Betty” Valentine is a graduate of plus one-to-one matching from the Mills College. university, the scholarship fund is now one of Stanford’s largest. From a Life Changed by Stanford, a Life-Changing Legacy The late Carl Valentine, ’29, began life as a small-town boy from As a colonel on General Eisenhower’s staff, Valentine planned Idaho and went on to become a world traveler, war hero, and the movement of petroleum, oil, and lubricants for the D-Day successful businessman. The first step on that journey was his Invasion of France in 1944 and landed on Utah Beach. He decision to attend Stanford University. received medals from France, England, and the United States, including the Bronze Star. Valentine expressed his appreciation for Stanford through major financial commitments to the university, both during Returning from Europe, Valentine put his experience to use in his lifetime and through his estate. Today his legacy offers new his civilian career, designing the first Safeway distribution center generations of students the mind-opening Stanford experience and handling logistics as division manager. He retired in 1964 that Valentine treasured. but remained active. Friends remember that even in his later years, he was always meticulously dressed, courteous, and a man Born in 1906 in Pocatello, Idaho—population, 9,000— of deep faith. Valentine and his high school sweetheart, Mary (affectionately known as “Betty”), together made the life-changing decision In evaluating their estate plans in the 1990s, the Valentines decided Bravman and his wife, Wendy to travel to the Bay Area for school. He went to Stanford; she on a special way to leave a legacy at Stanford: a bequest establishing Wright, ’98, MS ’00, PhD ’03 attended Mills College. two generous scholarship funds—one to support students in need (center), learned of the surprise at of financial aid and the other to support student-athletes. At first, Valentine wasn’t sure he’d like the Farm. “When I got Leading Matters Bay Area in May. to Stanford as a freshman, I wanted to go home,” he recalled. After Betty died in 2001, Valentine decided to jump-start the Jesse Rogers, ’79 (Parent ’13) However, “When I graduated from Stanford, I never wanted process to honor her “character, courage, and beauty.” Valentine to leave.” was glad to learn that Stanford would match his $1 million (left), and his wife, Mindy, ’84, MBA pledge, creating the Carl A. and Mary T. Valentine Undergraduate ’88 (not pictured), and Susan, ’78, His friend, Philip Jelley ’54, JD ’56, remembers how Valentine Scholarship during his lifetime. felt: “Getting out of Pocatello to go to Stanford was the big move and William Oberndorf, MBA ’78 of his life—he thought Stanford had been the making of him.” “He liked giving to students because he wanted these youngsters to (Parents ’12) (right), spearheaded be able to succeed,” says Valentine’s trustee, John Ricksen, adding Valentine graduated with distinction in economics in 1929, the scholarship effort. that Valentine was touched by letters from student scholarship then completed an MBA at Harvard while Mary earned her PHOTO: Steve Castillo recipients. Into his 90s, living in Oakland, he enjoyed visiting his master’s at Yale. In 1934, in the depths of the Depression, old Stanford eating club, Los Arcos. they married and returned to the Bay Area. Valentine worked unloading boxcars for 50 cents an hour, but it was a lucky Upon his death at age 102 in 2009, the bequest Carl Valentine move. For the next 30 years, Valentine worked for the company and his wife had carefully planned together came to fruition, that owned the boxcars: Safeway Stores. yielding an additional $4 million for their previously established need-based scholarship fund, as well as $1 million for their athletic Even as an undergraduate, Valentine cultivated a love of travel scholarship. Their generosity will help many future students realize and adventure. He sailed to Europe on a Cunard ocean liner their dream of a Stanford education. n and then explored the Far East. Later, the Valentines enjoyed world travel. But the global experience that made Valentine most proud was his military service during World War II.

THESTANFORDCHALLENGE.STANFORD.EDUTHESTANFORDCHALLENGE.STANFORD.EDU 11 Meeting The Stanford Challenge New: Scholarship Opportunities for Annual Donors Stanford Fund Scholarships Each year, approximately 1,000 students receive scholarship support through the many annual gifts to The Stanford Fund. Beginning in 2009–10, as part of The Stanford Challenge, donors who make a five-year pledge of at least $25,000 per year to The Stanford Fund have a unique opportunity. These pledges establish Stanford Fund Scholarships that underwrite financial aid for individual students. Like endowed scholarship donors, Stanford Fund Scholarship donors learn about their student recipients, an especially rewarding experience. They are also recognized at the President’s Fund level. The university gratefully acknowledges these inaugural donors of Stanford Fund Scholarships:

Stanford Fund Scholarship Donors James William Breyer, ’83 Leslie Magid Higgins and Pete Higgins, ’80, MBA ’83 (Parents ’14) Susan Zaroff Breyer, ’83 Elizabeth Swindells Hulsey, ’84 Elizabeth Wright Bridges and Lawrence Bridges, ’71 (Parents ’12) Claudia Huntington, ’73, and Marshall Miller Maryann and J. Andrew Bugas, ’81 (Parents ’10, ’12) Wende Sawyer Hutton, ’81, and G. Thompson Hutton, ’77, MS ’78 James Canales, Jr., ’88, MA ’89, and James McCann III, MD (Parents ’14) Mary and Gregory B. Chabolla, ’81 (Parents ’13) Mary Ittelson, MBA ’85, and Rick Tuttle, ’77, MBA ’83 Vicki Bever Cox, ’59, and David Carson Cox, ’59 Karen and Ronald Johnson, ’80 Susan Ford Dorsey and Michael C. Dorsey, ’77 Stacey K. Keare, ’89, and John C. Hodge, ’89 Peggy and Steve Dow, ’76, MBA ’81 Elizabeth Gessford, ’83, and Raymond George Kennedy, Jr., ’83 Sheila M. Duignan, ’81, and Michael I. Wilkins, ’81, MBA ’85 (Parents ’13) Sally Dayton Falkenhagen, ’75, and Craig Falkenhagen, ’74, MS ’75, Kathryn Spitzer Kim and Peter Sungbai Kim, PhD ’85 (Parents ’12) MBA ’89 Carol L. and Douglas W. Kimmelman, ’82 Doris Fisher, ’53 Andrea Wilson Koontz, ’85, and Paul Guthrie Koontz, MS ’84 Carolyn D. and William A. Franke, ’59, LLB ’61 Chien Lee, ’75, MS ’75, MBA ’79 Dr. Therese and Byron Georgiou, ’70 Young and Charles Cholsoo Lho, ’79 (Parents ’08, ’11) Honora Ahern Grose and Madison Farrand Grose, ’75 Teresa Elms Lindsay, ’78, and Robert D. Lindsay, MBA ’82 Blake Randal Grossman, ’84, MA ’86 (Parents ’07, ’10, ’14) Amy Somol Guth and Timothy Francis Guth, ’78 Elizabeth and Michael J. Maples, Jr., ’90 Marty and David Hamamoto, ’81 Michaela W. McDonnell, ’79 Stephanie and Fred Ward Harman, ’82, MS ’83 Monique and Andrew R. Midler, ’83, MA ’83

Backing Need-Blind Admissions As they prepared to celebrate their 35th reunion, one goal Gifts like the Tanners’ are a critical piece of the financial aid stood out for Carol, ’75, and Doug Tanner, ’75, JD/MBA ’77 puzzle. Since 1996, annual gifts have provided more than $100 (Parents ’07, ’12): making a Stanford education affordable for million in need-based scholarships at Stanford. Unlike endowed all admitted students. funds, which pay out only a small percentage of their value each year, Stanford Fund dollars are expendable—the full amount of “I think Stanford’s need-blind admission pledge is a real each gift can be used immediately for pressing financial aid needs. challenge, and if we can make it work, it’s really fantastic— In today’s economic climate, that flexibility is essential. because the real point is to have education be a leveler,” says Doug, who earned his Stanford degrees with financial The Tanners’ commitment comes with an added bonus: Under assistance and part-time jobs. a new Stanford Fund Scholarship program, they will get letters each year from the students who benefit from their support, Adds Carol, “Financial aid brings to the table so many more giving them an opportunity to get to know their aid recipients. unique backgrounds than you would have otherwise.” In the past, that personal connection was only available to donors Watch Your Giving Make a Difference Inspired by Stanford’s commitment to need-blind admissions, who endowed a scholarship fund. Thousands of donors helped thousands of these reunion co-chairs pledged to support it with gifts to The Doug Tanner believes education “is a gift our parents gave us and Stanford students in 2009–10, enabling them Stanford Fund of $25,000 for each of the next five years. a gift we give our children.” Now, the Tanners’ gift will make a to come to Stanford, dive into their studies, and n explore beyond the classroom. It all comes to big difference for future Stanford students, too. life in the videos and stories in the new online Annual Report on Undergraduate Education. See your giving in action at arue.stanford.edu LEFT: Carol, ’75, and Doug Tanner, ’75, JD/MBA ’77 (Parents ’07, ’12)

PHOTO: Courtesy of the Tanners

12 Wendy Munger, ’72, and Leonard L. Gumport (Parents ’04, ’11) Betty and A. Horton Shapiro, ’61 Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas Craig Nelson, ’84 Sally, ’81, MBA ’84, and Jim Shapiro, MBA ’84 Jennifer Crary O’Brien and Duncan M. O’Brien, Jr., ’81, MBA ’84 W. Scott Simon, ’82, MS ’83 (Parent ’14) (Parents ’12) Srinija Srinivasan, ’93 Vivian and Carlos F. Pellas, ’74, MA ’76, MBA ’76 David W. Stoller, ’78 Eva and William S. Price III, ’78 Ellyn Clare and Jeffrey Edward Stone, ’78 Julia Tucker Rasmussen and Nicholas R. Rasmussen, ’68, MBA ’74 Carol Scilacci Tanner, ’75, and Douglas Alan Tanner, ’75, JD/MBA ’77 (Parents ’12) (Parents ’07, ’12) Patricia and Rowland K. Rebele, ’51 Sharon G. Tate, ’68 C. R. Redlich, Jr., ’72 Jennifer Sullivan Weaver and Allen Arthur Weaver, ’79 Kate McKellar Ridgway, MA ’89, and Rick Holmstrom, ’79 Carol Margaret and Roderick Carl Wendt, ’76 Charlotte Wilhelmina and Robert James Rorden, ’50, MS ’51 Peter John Wirth, ’78 Jennifer Arnold Satre, ’71, and Philip Glen Satre, ’71 Hilary I. and Scott Foreman Zarrow, ’80 (Parents ’10, ’13)

Buck/Cardinal Club Scholarships Annual giving through the Buck/Cardinal Club provides athletic scholarships and program support to all 35 varsity teams at Stanford. As part of The Stanford Challenge, beginning in 2009–10, donors who can pledge $25,000 or more annually for five years establish Buck/Cardinal Club Scholarships. These are assigned to individual student-athletes, who are encouraged to keep in touch with their donors. The Cardinal cheers on these inaugural Buck/Cardinal Club Scholarship donors:

Buck/Cardinal Club Scholarship Donors Catherine Marken Boyle, ’88, and Richard Boyle, ’88 Wendy Warren Crandall Lisa, MBA ’88, and Marc Jones, ’79, JD ’82

Supporting the Home Team For Rich Boyle, ’88, the journey to Stanford was an eye-opening Each year, they will receive letters from student-athletes—a experience. “My first-ever trip on an airplane was flying solo window into the impact of their support. to California to attend Stanford,” the Nebraska native recalls. “To get to know a particular student makes it really Arriving on campus, he says, “I was just overawed by the place, meaningful,” says Rich. He and Catherine look forward to and it completely lived up to my expectations.” More than 25 many more seasons of supporting Stanford, both in the stands years later, “I practically never left—I still live a couple miles and through their giving—happy that they never really left. away,” he says. “We’re both thrilled with Stanford, and we want to help other In contrast, Rich’s wife, Catherine Marken Boyle, ’88, grew people have that experience,” she says. n up near Stanford. Married in Memorial Church in 1995, the Los Altos Hills couple feels that Stanford is home. An important part of their connection to the university is athletics. Rooting for the Cardinal “brings the whole community together,” says Catherine. The couple also agrees athletics are an important part of becoming a well-rounded adult. Last summer, the Boyles made a special commitment to Stanford and to the Cardinal by pledging $25,000 a year for the next five years to the Buck/Cardinal Club, the annual fund for Stanford Athletics. In recognition of their support—which helps close the gap between the athletic scholarship endowment and the needs of today’s student-athletes—the Boyles’ gift establishes a Buck/Cardinal Club Scholarship, the athletic equivalent of a Stanford Fund Scholarship.

RIGHT: Catherine Marken Boyle, ’88, and Rich Boyle, ’88

PHOTO: Courtesy of the Boyles

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Undergraduates Discover 21st-Century Biology

At Stanford, the core experimental biology lab courses for their answers. In the winter quarter, which focuses on molecular undergraduates—Biology 44X and 44Y—have been pretty biology, students are given normal and mutant oncogenes in a predictable classes. For the most part, students do classic yet yeast model system and asked to discover how the corresponding standardized lab activities, all following the same steps to a cancerous proteins fail to function. In the spring ecology and known conclusion. evolution lab, students observe and analyze a floral population at “Too many students graduate without experiencing Jasper Ridge and harvest the nectar to determine what types and real science,” says Patricia Chandler Seawell, ’70, who amounts of yeast are present, providing clues about how abiotic majored in biology herself as a Stanford undergrad. and biotic factors affect community assemblage. “Science is exploration. The process is what’s In fact, guiding individual students through these thought- important. That’s what I’m excited about.” provoking experiments requires additional preparation and hands- Today, Seawell works as the coordinator of a on teaching, and Stanford has hired a full-time PhD to help with curriculum redesign that is changing how science this. The program launched last year; it’s expanding to more is taught at Stanford. She is also one of its biggest sections this quarter and in spring 2011. supporters. In honor of her 40th reunion, celebrated Seawell brings years of experience to the effort. She has spent in October, she committed $1 million to the her entire career in science: teaching high school, working as a School of Humanities and Sciences to help revamp research assistant at Stanford and the University of Hawaii, and undergraduate core lab classes and bringing innovative curricula to high schools through her work invite innovation. For the first five years, her at Gene Connection, a San Mateo County–based outreach gift targets a project dubbed “Biology for the program that aims to improve student literacy 21st Century.” in science and biotechnology. Today, being ABOVE: Stanford biology The new curriculum takes a discovery- back in a Stanford lab feels like coming based approach to science. Students in the home. Seawell expects the impact of her gift students tag hummingbirds to reach beyond the sciences. at Jasper Ridge to track pilot sections of Bio 44X and 44Y adapt a series of experiments that reveal a logical “Science is a process of logic and creativity, the types and amounts of approach to explore one question— of coming up with ideas and then figuring yeast in local floral nectar. answer unknown. Over the course of out how to validate or invalidate those ideas,” RIGHT: Patricia Seawell, ’70, 10 weeks, they use established scientific she explains. “We want to ground students in is helping to redesign how protocols such as recombination real science, so that whatever discipline they biology in yeast, DNA sequencing, study, they bring some of that thought process science is taught at Stanford. data analysis, protein tagging, and with them.”n PHOTOS: Angela Drury polymerase chain reaction to achieve