List of Stanford University faculty and staff
The List of Stanford University faculty and staff includes notable current and former faculty and staff members of Stanford University, a private research university located in Stanford, California. Stanford is known for its academic strength, wealth, proximity to Silicon Valley, and ranking as one of the world's top universities.
Notable Faculty[edit | edit source]
Current Faculty[edit | edit source]
- Condoleezza Rice - Professor of Political Science and former United States Secretary of State.
- Carol Dweck - Professor of Psychology, known for her work on the mindset psychological trait.
- Paul Milgrom - Professor of Economics, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2020.
- Jennifer A. Doudna - Professor of Chemistry, co-discoverer of the CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Former Faculty[edit | edit source]
- John McCarthy - Professor of Computer Science, known as the father of artificial intelligence.
- Milton Friedman - Professor of Economics, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1976.
- William Shockley - Professor of Electrical Engineering, co-inventor of the transistor and Nobel laureate in Physics.
- George Dantzig - Professor of Operations Research, known for developing the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
Notable Staff[edit | edit source]
- Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States, served as a trustee of Stanford University.
- David Starr Jordan - First President of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913.
- John L. Hennessy - 10th President of Stanford University, serving from 2000 to 2016, and co-founder of MIPS Computer Systems.
Related Pages[edit | edit source]
- Stanford University
- List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Stanford University
- History of Stanford University
- Silicon Valley
- List of universities in the United States
See Also[edit | edit source]
- List of University of California, Berkeley faculty and staff
- List of Harvard University people
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty and staff
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