Today They Learn, Tomorrow They Lead
In a very real sense, schools like Stanford function as a steering wheel
for our society. Whichever way they turn now determine how our society
will turn out a few decades down the road.
Alumni include
- Government: 4 current Supreme
Court Justices (Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Associate Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer), California governor Gray Davis, 5 U.S. senators, and Ehud
Barak (former Prime Minister of Israel) - Business: the CEOs of 3Com, Hewlett-Packard,
Nike, and Sun Microsystems - Celebrities: Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Clinton, Ted Koppel, Sigourney Weaver, Ted Danson, Jack Palance, Jennifer Connelly, and Fred Savage
- Sports: Tiger Woods, John Elway,
and John McEnroe - Education: the presidents of Yale,
the University of Arizona, and Johns Hopkins. - Science: Vinton Cerf “the Father
of the Internet”, and 17 astronauts (including Sally Ride), and the founders of Yahoo! (most
popular site on the Internet) and the founders of Google.
In other words, Stanford is one of the most strategic mission fields in the world! For an even fuller list of alumni, check out the Stanford famous alumni list!