The professor emeritus of materials science and engineering was an expert in photoelectronics and a pioneering advocate for Black students in the sciences.
The pioneering justice graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952 in the top 10% of her class but famously struggled to find employment because so few firms would hire women at the time. “It’s good to be first,” she would later say, of her responsibility as a trailblazer. “But you don’t want to be last.”
A believer in the power of design to change the world, McKim’s philosophy of “visual thinking” and his unique creative methods echo in Stanford’s design program today.
Awarded the National Medal of Science, Roger Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford, introduced techniques for quantifying mental processes.
Known for his theoretical and experimental research into the physics of materials solidification, Tiller investigated the relationships between the crystallization process and the resulting material structures and their physical properties.
The Stanford immunologist’s research on how our immune cells recognize pathogens – and what happens when this process goes wrong – paved the way to modern immunology.
Rohlen’s career spanned the intersection of research, teaching, and policy, and he was a foundational figure in the formation of multiple programs and research centers at Stanford.
Aydin was a field geologist who loved nothing more than leading teams of researchers and students into remote locations – the Valley of Fire, Point Reyes, Zion National Park, a Hawaiian volcano, Sicily – to study prehistoric rock formations.
Baylor, former chair of the Department of Neurobiology, gained international recognition for discovering the electrical language used by the retina to translate light from the outside world into signals that the brain reads.
Strober, a professor and former chief of immunology and rheumatology, found a way for transplant recipients to reduce or abandon immunosuppressive drugs yet avoid organ rejection.
Using the data-crunching power of supercomputers, Reed (left) transformed his expertise in physics and artificial intelligence into a place at the forefront of a promising new field.
The Stanford pediatric radiologist, after noticing a new and disturbing pattern among lung X-rays of premature infants, forever altered treatment for the smallest babies.
Aristides “Aris” Demetrios designed and fabricated White Memorial Fountain, known to generations of Stanford students, faculty and staff as The Claw after his proposed design won a national sculpture competition in 1963.
A “master modeler” of the mechanics of physical structures, he extended his expertise into four disciplines and enjoyed an influential career as a researcher, editor and mentor.
The professor of rheumatology and immunology created an early computer database to follow rheumatology patients. The knowledge he gained from it precipitated his “compression of morbidity” hypothesis.
Wilde, a professor emeritus of chemical engineering and of mechanical engineering, was also a beloved teacher who worked to draw more minority students to the field.
Family, friends and former colleagues among those honoring Donald Kennedy, Stanford’s eighth president, at a celebration of life in Stanford Memorial Church on Sunday.
David Glen’s 35 years in development left an indelible legacy at Stanford as he helped raise billions of dollars through several major campaigns and mentored generations of development professionals.
Albert Bandura, the world-renowned social cognitive psychologist whose Bobo Doll experiments and theory of social learning transformed the field of psychology, has died.
Paul Auerbach, a professor emeritus of emergency medicine at Stanford, led a life of inspiration, adventure and compassion, according to his colleagues.
The Stanford community remembers Jochen Wohlfeil, a German lecturer who taught in the Bing Overseas Studies Program in Berlin for more than 30 years. He died recently in Germany.
