VirtualGlobetrotting: California: Stanford

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Lou Henry Hoover House (Residence of the Stanford President)
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On the crown of San Juan Hill, behind the flat plain on which the red-tiled academic buildings of Stanford are located, sits the Lou Henry Hoover House. The home was built by Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover, alumni of Stanford, in 1919-1920. Herbert Hoover was in residence in 1929 when news came of his election as the 31st President of the United States. It was presented to the University in 1944 following the death of Hoover's wife, and name in her honor. In 1985 it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. It now serves as the home of the University President.
The current president John L. Hennessy of Stanford University & member of the Board of Directors of Google lives here.
[ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/president/biography/ ]

George Shultz's House (Deceased)
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George Shultz was an American economist, diplomat, and businessman. He served in various positions under three different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held four different Cabinet-level posts. Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. From 1974 to 1982, he was an executive of the Bechtel Group, an engineering and services company. In the 2010s, Shultz was a prominent figure in the scandal of the biotech firm Theranos, continuing to support it as a board member in the face of mounting evidence of fraud.

Stanford University
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Hanna Residence
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'Stone River' by Andy Goldsworthy
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at the Cantor Arts Center

'Timetable' by Maya Lin
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Stanford Campus near the Packard Bldg

Michael McFaul's House
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Michael McFaul served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012-2014. Prior to that, he was with the U.S. National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and senior director of Russian and Eurasian affairs.

Old man leaning against a lamp post
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The Gates of Hell
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The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin.
The sculpture is not the original, it is one six casts from the original. The sculpture depicts a scene from Dante Alighieri's "The Inferno" from the Divine Comedy. The work stands 6 meters high (19 feet), 4 meters wide (13 feet) and is 1 meter deep (3 feet).
This gate is located at the Iris & B Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University along with many other Rodin works.

Arizona Cactus Garden
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The Arizona Cactus Garden also known as the Stanford Cactus Garden, is a botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located on the campus of Stanford University.

John R. Adler's House
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John R. Adler is a neurosurgeon and is the inventor of the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgical system which is used for treating tumors.
He is the father of Trip Adler, co-founder and CEO of Scribd

'Fragment: The Hidden Sea Island of Refuge' by John Roloff
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1993

'Clark Center' by Norman Foster
Biomedical Engineering Sciences by Foster + Partners

Lacrosse training in process

'Big Ram Skull and Horn, January' by Jack Zajac
1976

'The Sieve of Eratosthenes' by Mark di Suvero
Located at the Cantor Arts Center

'Standford Wall' by Josef Albers
1980

'The Pillars of Hercules III' by Dimitri Hadzi

'The Falcon' by Alexander Calder

'Column I' by James Rosati

'Large Torso: Arch' by Henry Moore

'Three-Panel Bas-relief' by Arnaldo Pomodoro

'Six Stones' by J.B. Blunk

'White Memorial Fountain' by Aristides Demetrios
aka The Claw

Barbara Fried's House
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This home is owned by Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman. Fried and Bankman are the parents of Sam Bankman Fried. The house is located to the south of Standford University where both Fried and Bankman are professors in the law school.
It is rumored that Bankman Fried will be living here after being release on bail on December 22, 2022.

'Split Pyramid' by Beverly Pepper
Located at the Cantor Arts Center

'Luna Moth Walk I' by Charles Ginnever

'Burghers of Calais' by Auguste Rodin

'Mozart I' by Kenneth Snelson

'Space Lace' by Linda Fleming

'The Gates of Hell' by Auguste Rodin
1900 no. 5

'Gay Liberation' by George Segal

'The Three Graces' by Charles Ginnever

'Timetable' by Maya Lin

"Vanguard' by Bruce Beasley
on the Stanford campus

Phyllis Garder's House
Phyllis Gardner is a Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She has previously served as Dean of Education. Gardner was one of the first people to be skeptical of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos who has been found guilty of investor fraud.

'Miwok' by Mark di Suvero
Located on the lawn of the Center for Clinical Sciences

'Le Chant des Voyelles' by Jacques Lipchitz
The Song of the Vowels

'Stainless Garden' by Lee Kelly

'Plate Drawing #12, Phase II' by Fletcher Benton

Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team
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The Stanford Cardinal won their first NCAA National Championship in 2015. The program has seen success in the 2000's and continue to contend for the Pac-12 championship year after year. Several alumni play professionally, must notable are Major League Soccer stars, Jordan Morris and Chad Marshall.

'Sequence' by Richard Serra
at the Cantor Arts Center

'Cecil H. Green Library' by HOK
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Meyers Green
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A nice manicured area on Stanford University.

Shumway Fountain
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'Untitled' by Mark Lere
at the Cantor Arts Center

'For J.W.' by Tony Smith
2 of 6 - for John Wisnosky

'Oiseau' by Joan Miro

'Untitled (Rocker)' by Ellsworth Kelly

'Georgia Granite Circle' by Richard Long

'For D.G.' by Tony Smith
2 of 6 - for David Gregory