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Stanford University Faculty Memorials -- By Academic Department

Department List

• Unaffiliated
• School of Biological Sciences (1929–1947)
• School of Biology (1923–1928)
• Graduate School of Business (1926– )
• School of Earth Sciences (1963– )
• School of Education (1925– )
• School of Engineering (1926– )
• School of Health (1940–1944)
• School of Humanities (1942–1947)
• School of Humanities and Sciences (1948– )
• School of Hygiene and Physical Education (1929–1939)
• School of Law (1926– )
• School of Letters (1926–1941)
• School of Medicine (1926– )
• School of Mineral Sciences (1946–1962)
• School of Nursing (1926–1974)
• School of Physical Sciences (1926–1947)
• School of Social Sciences (1923–1947)
• University Officers
• Other

Unaffiliated

The University did not organize into Schools until 1925–1926, so all departments prior to that were “unaffiliated”.

Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (1975–1983) [continued by Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Knapp, Maud. 1897–1978

Chemistry (1891–1925) [continued by Chemistry (School of Physical Sciences)]

• Stillman, John. 1852–1923

English (1914–1925) [previously English Literature and Rhetoric, and English Philology, continued by English (School of Letters)]

• Alden, Raymond. 1873–1924
• Carruth, William. 1859–1924

Entomology and Bionomics (1903–1919) [previously Entomology]

• Kellogg, Vernon. 1868–1937

Food Research Institute (1922–1976) [also part of Schools of Biology, Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Sciences)]

• Bennett, Merrill. 1897–1969
• Brandt, Karl. 1899–1975
• Davis, Joseph. 1885–1975
• Farnsworth, Helen. 1903–1974
• Timoshenko, Vladimir. 1885–1965

Geology (1918–1925) [previously Geology and Mining (with Mining and Metallurgy), continued by Geology (School of Physical Sciences)]

• Branner, John. 1850–1922

Germanic Languages (1891–1925) [continued by Germanic Languages (School of Letters)]

• Hempl, George. 1859–1921
• Reining, Charles.  –1918

History (1891–1923) [continued by History (School of Social Sciences)]

• Cannon, H. Lewin.  –1919
• Robinson, Edgar. 1887–1977
• Show, Arley. 1856–1920
• White, Andrew. 1832–1916

Hoover Institution (1919– )

• Bark, William. 1909–1996
• Brandt, Karl. 1899–1975
• Capelletti, Mauro. 1927–2004
• Hanna, Paul. 1902–1988

Law (1892–1925) [continued by School of Law]

• Huston, Charles. 1876–1922

Medicine (1909–1925) [continued by School of Medicine]

• Hoisholt, Andrew.  –1920

Obstetrics and Gynecology (1911–1925) [continued by Obstetrics and Gynecology (School of Medicine)]

• Beasley, Shadworth. 1876–1918

Pharmacology (1910–1925) [continued by Pharmacology (School of Medicine)]

• Crawford, Albert.  –1921

Physical Education (1946–1974) [previously Physical Training, continued by School of Hygiene and Physical Education]

• Bugge, Elwyn. 1899–1968

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1962– )

• Ballam, Joseph. 1917–1997
• Brown, Karl. 1925–2002
• Murray, Joseph. 1924–1996
• Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. 1919–2007 (Obit.)

Zoology (1891–190?, 1909–1922) [continued by Zoology (School of Biology)]

• Evermann, Barton. 1853–1922

School of Biological Sciences (1929–1947) [previously School of Biology, continued by Biological Sciences (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Taylor, Charles. 1885–1946

Biology (1939–1943)

• Doane, Rennie. 1871–1942
• McMurphy, James. 1871–1943
• Snyder, John. 1867–1943

Botany (1929–1933) [previously Botany (School of Biological Sciences)]

• Hall, Harvey Monroe. 1874–1932

Zoology (1929–1933) [previously Zoology (School of Biological Sciences)]

• Starks, Edwin. 1867–1932

School of Biology (1923–1928) [continued by School of Biological Sciences]

Zoology (1923–1928) [previously Zoology (unaffiliated), continued by Zoology (School of Biological Sciences)]

• Gilbert, C. H. 1859–1928

Graduate School of Business (1926– )

• Arbuckle, Ernest. 1912–1986
• Arnold, John. 1913–1963
• Bach, George Leland. 1915–1994
• Bennion, Edward. 1908–1963
• Cootner, Paul. 1930–1978
• Dougall, Herbert. 1903–1996
• Dowrie, George. 1880–1964
• Faville, David. 1899–1970
• Holden, Paul. 1893–1976
• Jackson, J. Hugh. 1891–1962
• Kreps, Theodore. 1897–1981
• Kroeger, Arthur. 1908–1998
• Lazier, William. 1931–2004
• Leavitt, Harold J. 1922–2007 (Obit.)
• Nielsen, Oswald. 1904–1981
• Oxley, Gail. 1916–1992
• Pederson, Carlton. 1910–1978
• Robichek, Alexander. 1925–1978
• Roggeveen, Vincent. 1922–1980
• Running, Carl. 1911–1952
• Shallenberger, Frank. 1913–1991
• Silberling, Norman. 1892–1942
• Solomon, Ezra. 1920–2002 (Obit.)
• Spurr, William. 1905–1975
• Webb, Eugene. 1933–1995
• Wentworth, Gerald. 1910–1996
• Yoder, Dale. 1901–1990

School of Earth Sciences (1963– ) [previously School of Mineral Sciences]

Applied Earth Sciences (197?–1992) [continued by Geological and Environmental Sciences (with Geology)]

• Crook, Welton. 1886–1976
• Jahns, Richard. 1915–1983
• Parlee, Norman. 1915–1985

Geological and Environmental Sciences (1993– ) [previously Applied Earth Sciences and Geology]

• Just, Evan. 1900–1998
• Krauskopf, Konrad. 1910–2003
• Kruger, Frederick. 1912–1997
• Page, Benjamin. 1911–1997

Geology (1963–1992) [previously Geology (School of Mineral Sciences), continued by Geological and Environmental Sciences (with Applied Earth Sciences)]

• Blackwelder, Eliot. 1880–1969
• Graham, Joseph. 1909–1967
• Howard, Arthur. 1906–1986
• Hutton, Colin. 1910–1971
• Jahns, Richard. 1915–1983
• Keen, Myra. 1905–1986
• Muller, Siemon. 1900–1970
• Park, Charles. 1903–1990

Geophysics (1963– ) [previously Geophysics (School of Mineral Sciences)]

• Cox, Allan. 1926–1987
• Soske, Joshua. 1903–1966

Petroleum Engineering (1963– ) [previously Petroleum Engineering (School of Mineral Sciences)]

• Brigham, William. 1929–2004
• Miller, Frank. 1911–1999 (Obit.)
• Ramey, Henry. 1925–1993
• Tickell, Frederick. 1886–1976

School of Education (1925– )

• Allen, Warren. 1885–1964
• Almack, John. 1883–1953
• Barr, Margaret. 1898–1984
• Bartky, Adolph. 1899–1974
• Begle, Edward. 1914–1978
• Bowker, Rosedith. 1915–1992
• Bush, Robert. 1914–1994
• Case, Robbie. 1945–2000 (Obit.)
• Cohen, Elizabeth G. 1932–2005 (Obit.)
• Coladarci, Arthur. 1917–1991
• Cowley, William. 1899–1978
• Cronbach, Lee. 1916–2001
• Cubberley, Ellwood. 1868–1941
• Grommon, Alfred. 1911–2001
• Hanna, Paul. 1902–1988
• Hess, Robert. 1920–1993
• Hunt, Ernest. 1888–1978
• Hurd, Paul. 1905–2001
• Iverson, William. 1911–1994
• James, Maud. 1888–1978
• Kefauver, Grayson. 1900–1946
• Kinney, Lucien. 1895–1971
• Knapp, Maud. 1897–1978
• Luckett, George. 1886–1975
• MacConnell, James. 1908–1990
• Mayhew, Lewis. 1917–1992
• McDaniel, Henry. 1903–1972
• Nixon, John. 1917–1991
• Odell, William. 1903–1971
• Peshkin, Alan (Buddy). 1931–2000
• Politzer, Robert. 1921–1998
• Proctor, William. 1875–1937
• Quillen, I. James. 1909–1967
• Sears, Jesse. 1876–1973
• Sears, Pauline. 1908–1993
• Shaftel, Fannie. 1908–1999 (Obit.)
• Snow, Richard. 1936–1997
• Terman, Lewis. 1877–1956
• Thomas, Lawrence. 1909–1996
• Winbigler, H. Donald. 1901–2000

Health Education (194?–197?)

• Byrd, Oliver. 1906–1998
• Todd, Lois. 1894–1968

School of Engineering (1926– )

Aeronautical Engineering (1958–1962) [continued by Aeronautics and Astronautics]

• Durand, William. 1859–1958

Aeronautics and Astronautics (1963– ) [previously Aeronautical Engineering]

• Ashley, Holt. 1923–2006 (Obit.)
• Baganoff, Donald. 1932–2004 (Obit.)
• Bershader, Daniel. 1923–1995
• Breakwell, John. 1917–1991
• Chapman, Dean. 1922–1995
• Flügge-Lotz, Irmgard. 1903–1974
• Hoff, Nicholas. 1906–1997
• Karamcheti, Krishnamurti. 1923–1992
• Niles, Alfred. 1894–1975
• Reid, Elliott. 1900–1968
• Seifert, Howard. 1911–1977
• Shevell, Richard. 1909–2002
• Spreiter, John. 1921–2000

Applied Mechanics (1969–1975) [continued by a division of Mechanical Engineering]

• Flügge-Lotz, Irmgard. 1903–1974

Chemical Engineering (1961– ) [previously Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (with Chemistry) (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Mason, David. 1921–1988

Civil Engineering (1926–1996) [previously Civil Engineering (unaffiliated), continued by Civil and Environmental Engineering]

• Beard, Paul. 1896–1944
• Eliassen, Rolf. 1911–1997
• Fish, John. 1870–1962
• Flügge, Wilhelm. 1904–1990
• Gribic-Galic, Dunja. 1950–1993
• Hedberg, John. 1906–1942
• Hetenyi, Miklos. 1906–1984
• Hoskins, Leander. 1860–1937
• Linsley, Ray. 1917–1990
• Marx, Charles. 1857–1939
• Moreno, Halcott. 1873–1945
• Moser, Charles. 1872–1965
• Oglesby, Clarkson. 1908–1992
• Reynolds, Leon. 1884–1955
• Roggeveen, Vincent. 1922–1980
• Timoshenko, Stephen. 1878–1972
• Vennard, John. 1909–1969
• Weaver, William. 1929–1994
• Wells, James. 1888–1978
• Williams, Harry. 1901–1982
• Wing, Charles. 1864–1945
• Young, Donovan. 1904–1980

Civil and Environmental Engineering (1997– ) [previously Civil Engineering]

• Benjamin, Jack. 1917–1998
• Blume, John. 1909–2002
• Ferziger, Joel. 1937–2004
• Herrmann, George. 1921–2007 (Obit.)
• Paulson, Boyd. 1941–2005 (Obit.)
• Richards, Cedric. 1913–2002
• Roberts, Paul V. 1938–2006 (Obit.)

Computer Science (1986– ) [previously Computer Science (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Dantzig, George. 1914–2005 (Obit.)
• Floyd, Robert. 1936–2001
• Herriot, John. 1916–2003
• Oliger, Joseph. 1941–2005 (Obit.)
• Samuel, Arthur. 1901–1990

Electrical Engineering (1926– ) [previously Electrical Engineering (unaffiliated)]

• Angell, James B. 1924–2006 (Obit.)
• Bracewell, Ronald N. 1921–2007 (Obit.)
• Brown, Leland. 1900–1986
• Buneman, Oscar. 1914–1993
• Carroll, Joseph. 1891–1977
• Chodorow, Marvin. 1913–2005 (Obit.)
• Duncan, William. 1898–1931
• Hare, Milton. 1914–1960
• Heffner, Hubert. 1924–1975
• Howard, Taylor. 1932–2002
• Kindy, Ward. 1890–1965
• Pearson, Gerald. 1905–1987
• Peterson, Allen. 1922–1994
• Pettit, Joseph. 1916–1986
• Ryan, Harris. 1866–1934
• Shockley, William. 1910–1989
• Skilling, Hugh. 1905–1990
• Smith, Ralph. 1917–1997
• Spicer, William. 1929–2004 (Obit.)
• Terman, Frederick. 1900–1982
• Villard, Oswald G. (Mike), Jr. 1916–2004 (Obit.)

Engineering-Economic Systems (1968–1995) [previously Industrial Engineering, continued by Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research]

• Linvill, William. 1919–1980

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (197?–1999) [previously Industrial Engineering, continued by Management Science and Engineering]

• Ireson, W. Grant. 1915–1989

Management Science and Engineering (2000– ) [previously Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research, and Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management]

• Dantzig, George. 1914–2005 (Obit.)

Materials Science and Engineering (197?– ) [previously Materials Science]

• Pound, G. Marshall. 1920–1988
• Shepard, O. Cutler. 1902–1997
• Spicer, William. 1929–2004 (Obit.)
• Stevenson, David. 1928–1994

Mechanical Engineering (1926– ) [previously Mechanical Engineering (unaffiliated)]

• Arnold, John. 1913–1963
• Ashley, Holt. 1923–2006 (Obit.)
• Barkan, Philip. 1925–1996
• Birnie, Hans. 1893–1961
• Chilton, Ernest. 1919–1985
• Connolly, Thomas J. 1923–2006 (Obit.)
• Cross, Charles Norman.  –1932
• Durand, William. 1859–1958
• Faste, Rolf. 1943–2003
• Ferziger, Joel. 1937–2004
• Finch, Volney. 1892–1953
• Goodier, James. 1905–1969
• Green, Boynton. 1891–1987
• Harcourt, Robert. 1880–1940
• Herrmann, Alicia. 1941–1983
• Herrmann, George. 1921–2007 (Obit.)
• Hetenyi, Miklos. 1906–1984
• Jacobsen, Lydik. 1897–1976
• Kline, Stephen. 1922–1997
• Lesley, Everett. 1874–1945
• London, A. Louis. 1913–2008 (Obit.)
• Marx, Guido. 1871–1949
• Mitchner, Mort. 1926–2002
• Reynolds, William. 1933–2004
• Simo, Juan. 1952–1994
• Spreiter, John. 1921–2000
• Stanley, Edward. 1862–1944
• Stebbins, Horatio. 1878–1933
• Timoshenko, Stephen. 1878–1972

Mining Engineering (1929–1945) [previously Mining and Metallurgy]

• Dunn, Theodore. 1881–1933

Operations Research (1968–1995) [continued by Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research]

• Lieberman, Gerald. 1925–1999 (Obit.)

School of Health (1940–1944) [previously School of Hygiene and Physical Education]

• Brown, Walter. 1876–1962
• Storey, Thomas. 1875–1943

Hygiene and Physical Education for Women

• Mosher, Clelia D. 1863–1940

School of Humanities (1942–1947) [previously School of Letters, continued by School of Humanities and Sciences]

English (1942–1947) [previously English (School of Letters), continued by English (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Hudson, Hoyt. 1893–1944

Germanic Languages (1942–1947) [previously Germanic Languages (School of Letters), continued by Germanic Languages (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Rendtorff, Karl. 1864–1945

Philosophy (1944–1947) [previously Philosophy (School of Social Sciences), continued by Philosophy (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Lanz, Henry. 1886–1945

School of Humanities and Sciences (1948– ) [previously School of Humanities, School of Physical Sciences, School of Social Sciences]

Anthropological Sciences (1999– ) [previously Anthropology]

• Greenberg, Joseph. 1915–2001 (Obit.)
• Paul, Benjamin D. 1911–2005 (Obit.)

Anthropology (1957–1998) [previously Sociology and Anthropology, continued by Anthropological Sciences]

• Drake, St. Clair. 1911–1960
• Keesing, Felix. 1902–1961
• Rosaldo, Michelle. 1944–1981

Applied Physics (1969– )

• Chodorow, Marvin. 1913–2005 (Obit.)
• Heffner, Hubert. 1924–1975
• Kompfner, Rudolf. 1909–1977
• Spicer, William. 1929–2004 (Obit.)
• Walker, Arthur. 1936–2001
• Weissbluth, Michael. 1915–1990
• Wilcox, John. 1925–1983

Art (1970– ) [previously Art and Architecture]

• Arnautoff, Victor. 1896–1979
• Faulkner, Ray. 1906–1975
• LaPlante, John. 1922–2000
• Mendelowitz, Daniel. 1905–1980

Art and Architecture (1948–1969) [previously Graphic Art (School of Humanities), continued by Art]

• Clark, Arthur. 1866–1948
• Farmer, Edward. 1901–1969

Asian Languages (1958– ) [previously Asiatic and Slavic Studies]

• Chan, Shau Wing. 1907–1986
• Kao, Richard. 1926–1989
• Liu, James. 1926–1986
• Lyell, William A. 1930–2005 (Obit.)
• Spiegelberg, Frederic. 1897–1994

Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (1984– ) [previously Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (unaffiliated)]

• Nixon, John. 1917–1991
• Strathairn, Pamela. 1925–1987

Biological Sciences (1948– ) [previously School of Biological Sciences]

• Abbott, Donald. 1920–1986
• Abrams, Leroy. 1874–1956
• Blinks, Lawrence. 1900–1989
• Bolin, Rolf. 1901–1973
• Burlingame, Leonas. 1876–1950
• Campbell, Douglas. 1859–1952
• Ferris, Gordon. 1893–1958
• Fisher, Walter. 1878–1953
• Giese, Arthur. 1904–1994
• Green, Paul. 1931–1998
• Heath, Harold. 1868–1951
• Holm, Richard. 1925–1987
• Mazia, Daniel. 1912–1996
• McCracken, Mary. 1866–1955
• Myers, George. 1905–1985
• Page, Robert. 1919–1968
• Peirce, George. 1868–1954
• Perkins, David D. 1919–2007 (Obit.)
• Pittendrigh, Colin. 1919–1996
• Powers, Dennis A. 1938–2003 (Obit.)
• Price, George. 1860–1950
• Regnery, David. 1918–2001
• Rich, Willis. 1885–1972
• Skogsberg, Karl. 1887–1951
• Smith, Gilbert. 1885–1959
• Thomas, John. 1928–2000 (Obit.)
• Torrey, Harry. 1873–1970
• Twitty, Victor. 1901–1967
• van Niel, Cornelis. 1897–1985
• Wiggins, Ira. 1899–1987
• Wilson, Donald. 1933–1970

Chemistry (1948– ) [previously Chemistry (School of Physical Sciences)]

• Alvarez-Tostado, Claudio. 1912–1980
• Bonner, William A.. 1919–2007 (Obit.)
• Eastman, Richard. 1918–2000
• Johnson, William. 1913–1995
• Koenig, Frederick. 1902–1974
• Loring, Hubert. 1908–1974
• Luck, J. Murray. 1899–1993
• Mason, David. 1921–1988
• McBain, James. 1882–1953
• Mitchell, J. Pearce. 1880–1973
• Mosher, Harry. 1915–2001 (Obit.)
• Noller, Carl. 1900–1980
• Ogg, Richard. 1909–1962
• Parks, George. 1894–1966
• Pauling, Linus. 1901–1994
• Skoog, Douglas A. 1918–2008 (Obit.)
• Sloan, William. 1877–1950
• Swain, Robert. 1875–1961
• Taube, Henry. 1915–2005 (Obit.)

Classics (1948– ) [previously Classics (School of Humanities)]

• Doyle, Edwin. 1922–1966
• Frankel, Hermann. 1888–1977
• Hansen, Hazel. 1899–1962
• Harriman, Raymond. 1888–1972
• Harsh, Philip. 1905–1960
• Knorr, Wilbur. 1945–1997
• Martin, Ernest. 1873–1949
• Pearson, Lionel. 1908–1988
• Raubitschek, Antony. 1912–1999
• Webster, T.B.L. 1905–1974
• Winkler, John. 1943–1990

Communication (1963– ) [previously Communication and Journalism]

• Abel, Elie. 1920–2004 (Obit.)
• Blaustein, Julian. 1913–1995
• Bush, Chilton. 1896–1972
• Chaffee, Steven. 1935–2001 (Obit.)
• Maccoby, Nathan. 1912–1992
• Nelson, Lyle. 1918–1997
• Rivers, William. 1925–1996
• Schramm, Wilbur. 1907–1987
• Weigle, Clifford. 1906–1981

Communication and Journalism (195?–1962) [previously Institute for Journalistic Studies, continued by Communication]

• Churchill, Henry. 1902–1960

Computer Science (1965–1985) [continued by Computer Science (School of Engineering)]

• Forsythe, George. 1917–1972

Cultural and Social Anthropology (1999– ) [previously Anthropology with Anthropological Sciences]

• Greenberg, Joseph. 1915–2001 (Obit.)
• Paul, Benjamin D. 1911–2005 (Obit.)

Drama (1971– ) [previously Speech and Drama]

• Blattner, Helene. 1897–1978
• Emerson, James. 1889–1974
• Esslin, Martin. 1918–2002
• Lyons, Charles. 1933–1999 (Obit.)
• Russell, Douglas. 1927–1991
• Winbigler, H. Donald. 1901–2000

Economics (1948– ) [previously Economics (School of Social Sciences)]

• Abramovitz, Moses. 1912–2000 (Obit.)
• Bach, George Leland. 1915–1994
• Baran, Paul. 1909–1964
• Beach, Walter. 1868–1948
• Canning, John. 1884–1952
• Despres, Emile. 1909–1973
• Fagan, Elmer. 1895–1971
• Grant, Eugene. 1897–1996
• Haley, Bernard. 1898–1993
• Ichihashi, Yamato. 1878–1963
• Jones, Eliot. 1887–1971
• Neumark, S. Daniel. 1899–1987
• Rosse, James. 1931–2004
• Scitovsky, Tibor. 1910–2002
• Shaw, Edward. 1908–1994
• Tarshis, Lorie. 1911–1993
• Whitaker, Albert. 1877–1965

English (1948– ) [previously English (School of Humanities)]

• Ackerman, Robert. 1910–1980
• Bassett, Lee. 1872–1959
• Chapin, Leland. 1903–1962
• Craig, Hardin. 1875–1968
• Davis, William. 1880–1962
• Dodds, John. 1902–1989
• Ford, Newell. 1912–1989
• Gray, Henry. 1873–1958
• Grommon, Alfred. 1911–2001
• Guerard, Albert J. 1914–2000 (Obit.)
• Guerard, Albert L. 1880–1959
• Howard, Donald. 1927–1987
• Irvine, William. 1906–1964
• Islas, Arturo. 1938–1991
• Johnson, Francis. 1901–1960
• Jones, Richard. 1886–1965
• Kennedy, Arthur. 1880–1954
• Kocher, Paul. 1907–1998
• Levertov, Denise. 1923–1997
• Lyons, Charles. 1933–1999 (Obit.)
• McClelland, John. 1889–1961
• Meritt, Herbert. 1904–1984
• Mirrielees, Edith. 1878–1962
• Prosser, Eleanor. 1922–1967
• Romero, Lora. 1960–1997
• Ruotolo, Lucio. 1927–2003
• Scowcroft, Richard. 1916–2001 (Obit.)
• Sensabaugh, George. 1906–2002 (Obit.)
• Simpson, Claude. 1910–1976
• Watt, Ian. 1917–1999 (Obit.)
• Whitaker, Virgil. 1908–1984
• Winters, A. Yvor. 1900–1968
• Yost, Mary. 1881–1954

Food Research Institute (1977–199?) [previously Food Research Institute (unaffiliated)]

• Gray, Roger. 1921–1996
• Jones, William. 1910–1993
• Kirk, Dudley. 1913–2000 (Obit.)
• Peffer, E. Louise. 1898–1978
• Wickizer, Vernon. 1904–1982
• Working, Holbrook. 1895–1985

French and Italian (1963– ) [previously Modern European Languages]

• Carter, Earl. 1889–1967
• Juilland, Alphonse. 1923–2000
• Lapp, John. 1917–1977
• Lemaitre, Georges. 1898–1972
• Naughton, Alexander. 1905–1965
• Smith, Stanley. 1883–1969

Geography (1948–64)

• White, Charles. 1897–1989

German Studies (1971– ) [previously German]

• Reinhardt, Kurt. 1896–1983
• Schuelke, Gertrude. 1908–1993
• Sokol, Anthony. 1897–1982
• Strothmann, Friedrich. 1904–1982

Germanic and Romanic Languages (1952–58) [previously Germanic Languages and Romanic Languages, continued by Modern European Languages]

• Coester, Alfred. 1874–1958
• Espinosa, Aurelio. 1880–1958
• Johnston, Oliver. 1866–1953
• Schwartz, William. 1888–1955

History (1948– ) [previously History (School of Social Sciences)]

• Bailey, Thomas. 1902–1983
• Bark, William. 1909–1996
• Bowser, Frederick. 1937–1996
• Brand, Carl. 1892–1981
• Buss, Claude. 1903–1998
• Craig, Gordon A. 1913–2005 (Obit.)
• Dallin, Alexander. 1924–2000 (Obit.)
• Fehrenbacher, Don. 1920–1997
• Fisher, Harold. 1890–1975
• Harris, David. 1900–1975
• Hulme, Edward. 1869–1951
• Jackson, Kennell. 1941–2005 (Obit.)
• Johnson, John J. 1912–2004
• Langmuir, Gavin I. 1924–2005 (Obit.)
• Lutz, Ralph. 1886–1968
• Mass, Jeffrey. 1940–2001
• Mazour, Anatole. 1900–1982
• Miller, John. 1907–1991
• Potter, David. 1910–1971
• Robinson, Edgar. 1887–1977
• Spitz, Lewis. 1922–1999 (Obit.)
• Sworakowski, Witold. 1903–1979
• Treat, Payson. 1879–1972
• Vucinich, Wayne S. 1913–2005 (Obit.)
• Wirth, John. 1936–2002
• Wright, Gordon. 1912–2000 (Obit.)

History and Philosophy of Science Program (1993– ) [previously History of Science Program]

• Knorr, Wilbur. 1945–1997

Humanities Special Programs (1948–1998) [continued by Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities]

• Dodds, John. 1902–1989
• Elsen, Albert. 1927–1995
• Kocher, Paul. 1907–1998
• Miller, Alexander. 1908–1960
• Rhinelander, Philip. 1908–1987
• Smith, Jeffery. 1907–1981
• Stegner, Wallace. 1909–1993

International Relations (1980– )

• Watkins, James. 1907–1982

Linguistics (1971– )

• Ferguson, Charles A. 1921–1998.
• Greenberg, Joseph. 1915–2001 (Obit.)
• Huntington, Dorothy. 1920–1993

Mathematics (1948– ) [previously Mathematics (School of Physical Sciences)]

• Bacon, Harold. 1907–1992
• Berg, Paul. 1925–1990
• Bergman, Stefan. 1895–1977
• deLeeuw, Karel. 1930–1978
• Gilbarg, David. 1918–2001
• Loewner, Charles. 1893–1968
• Manning, William. 1876–1972
• McGregor, James. 1921–1988
• Polya, George. 1887–1985
• Royden, Halsey. 1928–1993
• Schiffer, Menahem. 1911–1997
• Sunseri, Mary. 1916–2003 (Obit.)
• Szego, Gabor. 1895–1985

Modern European Languages (1959–1968) [previously Germanic and Romanic Languages, continued by German, Slavic Languages and Literature, Spanish and Portuguese]

• Blauth, Henry. 1904–1960
• Morgan, Bayard. 1883–1967
• Weir, Ruth. 1926–1965

Music (1948– ) [previously Music (School of Humanities)]

• Aldrich, Putnam. 1904–1975
• Allen, Warren. 1885–1964
• Crosten, William. 1909–2001 (Obit.)
• Horsley, Imogene. 1919–1981
• Nanney, Herbert. 1918–1996
• Pierce, John. 1910–2002
• Schmidt, Harold. 1909–1993

Philosophy (1948– ) [previously Philosophy (School of Humanities)]

• Hampshire, Stuart. 1915-2004
• Knorr, Wilbur. 1945–1997
• McKinsey, J.C.C. 1909–1953
• Mothershead, John. 1908–1991
• Rhinelander, Philip. 1908–1987
• Smith, Jeffery. 1907–1981

Physical Sciences (1948–1965)

• Alvarez-Tostado, Claudio. 1912–1980
• Ripley, Julien. 1908–1974
• Sanford, Fernando. 1856–1948

Physics (1948– ) [previously Physics (School of Physical Sciences)]

• Bloch, Felix. 1905–1983
• Brown, Joseph. 1869–1967
• Fairbank, William. 1917–1989
• Hansen, William. 1909–1949
• Hofstadter, Robert. 1915–1990
• Kirkpatrick, Paul. 1894–1992
• Mozley, Robert. 1917–1999 (Obit.)
• Schawlow, Arthur. 1921–1999 (Obit.)
• Schiff, Leonard. 1915–1971
• Sonkin, Simon. 1901–1965
• Walker, Arthur. 1936–2001
• Webster, David. 1888–1976
• Willick, Jeffrey. 1959–2000 (Obit.)

Political Science (1948– ) [previously Political Science (School of Social Sciences)]

• Almond, Gabriel. 1911–2002 (Obit.)
• Buck, Philip. 1900–1985
• Cottrell, Edwin. 1881–1953
• Hadaris, Saguiv. 1955–1988
• Harris, Christina. 1902–1972
• Horn, Robert. 1916–2002
• Ike, Nobutaka. 1916–2005 (Obit.)
• Leavelle, Arnaud. 1914–1956
• North, Robert. 1915–2002 (Obit.)
• Okin, Susan. 1946–2004
• Rogat, Yosal. 1928–1980
• Steiner, Kurt. 1912–2003
• Stuart, Graham. 1886–1983
• Triska, Jan. 1922–2003 (Obit.)
• Walker, Robert. 1914–1998

Psychology (1948– ) [previously Psychology (School of Social Sciences)]

• Carlsmith, J. Merrill. 1936–1984
• Castaneda, Alfredo. 1923–1981
• Farnsworth, Paul. 1899–1978
• Harrell, Thomas. 1912–2002
• Hilgard, Ernest. 1904–2001 (Obit.)
• James, Maud. 1888–1978
• Lawrence, Douglas. 1918–1999
• McDaniel, Henry. 1903–1972
• McNemar, Quinn. 1900–1986
• Sears, Robert. 1908–1989
• Siegel, Alberta. 1931–2001 (Obit.)
• Stolz, Lois. 1891–1984
• Stone, Calvin. 1892–1954
• Strong, Edward. 1884–1963
• Terman, Lewis. 1877–1956

Religious Studies (1975– )

• Berman, Lawrence. 1929–1988
• Clebsch, William. 1923–1984

Romanic Languages (1948–1951) [previously Romanic Languages (School of Humanities), continued by Germanic and Romanic Languages]

• Anderson, Frederick. 1889–1963

Slavic Languages and Literatures (1969– ) [previously Modern European Languages]

• Brown, Edward. 1909–1991
• Kliachko, Sarra. 1895–1979
• Pashin, Nicholas. 1908–1976
• Posin, Jack. 1920–1993

Sociology (1957– ) [previously Sociology and Anthropology]

• Cohen, Elizabeth G. 1932–2005 (Obit.)
• Goode, William. 1917–2003
• Kirk, Dudley. 1913–2000 (Obit.)
• LaPiere, Richard. 1899–1986
• Reynolds, Charles. 1889–1976
• Wallin, Paul. 1910–1971

Spanish and Portuguese (1969– ) [previously Modern European Languages]

• Alegria, Fernando. 1918–2005 (Obit.)
• Lopes, Francisco. 1954–1994
• Rael, Juan. 1900–1993

Speech and Drama (1948–1970) [previously Speech and Drama (School of Humanities), continued by Drama]

• Bassett, Lee. 1872–1959

Statistics (1948– ) [previously Statistics (unaffiliated)]

• Girshick, Meyer. 1908–1955
• Lieberman, Gerald. 1925–1999 (Obit.)
• Miller, Rupert. 1933–1986
• Solomon, Herbert. 1919–2004 (Obit.)

School of Hygiene and Physical Education (1929–1939) [continued by School of Health]

• Long, Royce. 1877–1935

School of Law (1926– ) [previously Law (unaffiliated)]

• Baxter, William. 1929–1998
• Bingham, Joseph. 1878–1973
• Brenner, James. 1889–1963
• Cathcart, Arthur. 1873–1949
• Gunther, Gerald. 1927–2002 (Obit.)
• Hancock, J. E. Moffatt. 1912–1993
• Hurlbut, John Bingham. 1906–1987
• Jacobstein, J. Myron (Mike). 1920–2005 (Obit.)
• Kaplan, John. 1929–1989
• Keogh, William. 1916–2001 (Obit.)
• Kirkwood, Marion. 1887–1978
• Mann, J. Keith. 1924–2006 (Obit.)
• Meyers, Charles. 1925–1988
• Morrison, Stanley. 1892–1955
• Osborne, George. 1893–1977
• Owens, William. 1887–1973
• Packer, Herbert. 1925–1972
• Rathbun, Harry. 1894–1987
• Rogat, Yosal. 1928–1980
• Running, Carl. 1911–1952
• Scott, Gordon. 1917–1988
• Shepherd, Harold. 1897–1971
• Spaeth, Carl. 1907–1991
• Turrentine, Lowell. 1895–1992
• Vernier, Chester. 1881–1949
• Whittier, Clarke. 1872–1943

School of Letters (1926–1941) [continued by School of Humanities]

Classics (1935–1941) [previously Classical Literature, continued by Classics (School of Humanities)]

• Elmore, Jefferson. 1862–1936
• Fairclough, Henry. 1862–1938
• Foster, Benjamin. 1871–1938
• Murray, Augustus. 1866–1940

English (1926–1941) [previously English (unaffiliated), continued by English (School of Humanities)]

• Briggs, William. 1876–1941
• Hall, Howard. 1869–1941
• Seward, Samuel. 1876–1932

Germanic Languages (1926–1941) [previously Germanic Languages (unaffiliated), continued by Germanic Languages (School of Humanities)]

• Boezinger, Bruno. 1859–1939
• Cooper, William. 1868–1939
• Griffin, James.  –1939

Romanic Languages (1926–1941) [previously Romanic Languages (unaffiliated), continued by Romanic Languages (School of Humanities)]

• Stauf, Ida. 1871–1936

School of Medicine (1926– )

• Brodrick, Richard. 1871–1929

Anatomy (1944–1976) [previously Anatomy (School of Biological Sciences), continued by Structural Biology]

• Danforth, Charles. 1883–1969
• Kirkman, Hadley. 1901–1997
• MacFarland, Frank. 1869–1951
• Meyer, Arthur W. 1873–1966
• Stoltenberg, Clara. 1865–1950
• Williams, Marian. 1916–1963

Biochemistry (1959– )

• Kornberg, Arthur. 1918–2007 (Obit.)
• Loring, Hubert. 1908–1974
• van Bogaert Robertson, William. 1914–2006

Cardiothoracic Surgery (1992– ) [previously Cardiovascular Surgery]

• Shumway, Norman. 1923–2006 (SR Article)

Cell Biology (1986– ) [previously Structural Biology]

• Gray, Donald. 1908–1989
• Greulich, William. 1899–1986

Dermatology (1962– )

• Farber, Eugene. 1917–2000
• Jacobs, Alvin. 1913–2001
• Jacobs, Paul. 1923–2000
• Watson, William. 1939–1984

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (1987–1991) [previously Radiology, continued by Radiology]

• Kriss, Joseph. 1919–1989

Family, Community and Preventive Medicine (1974–1986) [previously Community and Preventive Medicine, continued by Health, Research, and Policy]

• Geiman, Quentin. 1904–1986

Genetics (1960– )

• Ganesan, Adayapalam. 1932–1991

Gynecology and Obstetrics (1966– ) [previously Obstetrics and Gynecology]

• McLennan, Charles. 1909–1986
• McLennan, Margaret. 1913–1987
• Ueland, Kent. 1931–2001

Health Research and Policy (1987– ) [previously Family, Community and Preventive Medicine]

• Basch, Paul. 1933–2001
• Beard, Rodney. 1911–2005 (Obit.)
• Brown, Byron W., Jr. 1930–2004 (Obit.)
• Gibson, Count. 1921–2002
• Paffenbarger, Ralph S., Jr. 1923–2007 (Obit.)

Medical Microbiology (195?–1988) [previously Bacteriology and Experimental Pathology, continued by Microbiology and Immunology]

• Clifton, Charles. 1904–1976

Medicine (1926– ) [previously Medicine (unaffiliated)]

• Addis, Thomas. 1881–1949
• Barbour, Allen. 1918–1993
• Barnett, George. 1884–1955
• Bloomfield, Arthur. 1888–1962
• Cohn, Roy. 1909–1999
• Davis, Thomas. 1943–1992
• Ebaugh, Franklin. 1921–1990
• Ely, Leonard. 1866–1944
• Gould, Robert. 1909–1978
• Hewlett, Albion. 1874–1926
• Houck, George. 1902–1977
• Hultgren, Herbert. 1917–1997
• Langnecker, Harry. 1878–1936
• Lewis, John. 1897–1961
• Liljencrantz, Eric. 1902–1942
• Luetscher, John. 1913–2005
• Manwaring, Wilfred. 1871–1960
• Mehrtens, Henry. 1883–1933
• Melmon, Kenneth. 1934–2002 (Obit.)
• Newman, Henry. 1907–1959
• Northway, William. 1903–1960
• Payne, Rose. 1901–1999
• Pettit, Albert. 1891–1944
• Pool, Judith. 1919–1975
• Rantz, Lowell. 1912–1964
• Rather, Lelland. 1913–1989
• Reichert, Frederick. 1894–1969
• Rixford, Emmet. 1865–1937
• Roantree, Robert. 1924–1995
• Robin, Eugene. 1919–2000
• Ryfkogel, Henry. 1873–1934
• Rytand, David. 1908–1991
• Schultz, Edwin. 1888–1971
• Schwerdt, Carlton. 1917–1995
• Shirley, Hale. 1901–1974
• Simmons, F. Blair. 1930–1998
• Steward, John. 1927–2000
• Taylor, Alonzo. 1871–1949
• Theodore, James. 1935–2003
• Wyckoff, Harry. 1881–1967

Microbiology and Immunology (1989– ) [previously Medical Microbiology]

• Stocker, Bruce. 1917–2004 (Obit.)

Molecular and Cellular Physiology (1989– ) [previously Physiology]

• Davidson, Julian. 1931–2001
• Robin, Eugene. 1919–2000

Neurology and Neurological Sciences (1990–) [previously Neurology]

• Chow, Kao Liang. 1918–1998

Neurosurgery (1992– )

• Hanbery, John. 1919–1996

Obstetrics and Gynecology (1926–1965) [previously Obstetrics and Gynecology (unaffiliated), continued by Gynecology and Obstetrics]

• Somers, George. 1862–1926
• Spalding, Alfred. 1874–1942

Opthamology (1988– )

• Maurice, David. 1922–2002

Pathology (1926– ) [previously Pathology (unaffiliated)]

• Carrington, Charles. 1935–1985
• Cox, Alvin. 1907–1990
• Gerstl, Bruno. 1901–1993
• Glick, David. 1908–2000
• Ophuls, William. 1872–1933

Pediatrics (1927– )

• Alway, Robert. 1912–1990
• Dickey, Lloyd. 1894–1974
• Faber, Harold. 1884–1979
• Jacobs, Alvin. 1913–2001
• van Bogaert Robertson, William. 1914–2006
• Yeager, Anne. 1939–1984

Pharmacology (1926– ) [previously Pharmacology (unaffiliated)]

• Cutler, Robert. 1933–2004
• Hanzlik, Paul. 1885–1951
• Kalman, Sumner. 1918–1992

Physiology (1944–1988) [previously Physiology (School of Biological Sciences), continued by Molecular and Cellular Physiology]

• Baumberger, James. 1892–1973
• Crismon, Jefferson. 1908–1987
• Grant, Ronald. 1910–1987
• Jenkins, Oliver. 1850–1924
• Shafer, George. 1874–1962
• Slonaker, James. 1866–1954
• Weymouth, Frank. 1884–1963

Program in Hearing and Speech Studies

• Schubert, Earl. 1916–1999 (Obit.)

Psychiatry (195?–1976) [continued by Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences]

• Weisz, Alfred. 1934–1970

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1977– ) [previously Psychiatry]

• Ciaranello, Roland. 1943–1994
• Estess, Floyd. 1922–2001
• Gonda, Thomas. 1922–1987
• Tversky, Amos. 1937–1996

Public Health and Preventive Medicine (1926–195?) [previously Public Health and Preventive Medicine (unaffiliated), continued by Preventive Medicine]

• Brodrick, Richard. 1871–1929
• Dickson, Ernest. 1881–1939

Radiation Oncology (1988– ) [previously Therapeutic Radiology]

• Kallman, Robert. 1922–2003
• Karzmark, Clarence J. 1920–2005 (Obit.)

Radiology (194?– )

• Blank, Norman. 1925–1998
• Kaplan, Henry. 1918–1984
• Newell, Robert. 1892–1965
• Sapirstein, Leo. 1919–1969

Surgery (1926– ) [previously Surgery (unaffiliated)]

• Allen, J. Garrott. 1912–1992
• Blaisdell, Frank. 1862–1946
• Britt, Richard. 1945–1985
• Chandler, Loren. 1895–1982
• Collins, John. 1933–1992
• Cowan, John. 1880–1929
• Glasgow, Eric. 1931–2001 (Obit.)
• Hatcher, Cly. 1900–1982
• Holman, Emile. 1890–1977
• Stillman, Stanley. 1861–1934
• Wilson, John. 1914–2001

School of Mineral Sciences (1946–1962) [continued by School of Earth Sciences]

• Hoover, Theodore. 1871–1955
• Rogers, Austin. 1877–1957
• Willis, Bailey. 1858–1949
• Wyatt, Michael. 1929–1956

Geology (195?–1962) [continued by Geology (School of Earth Sciences)]

• Schenck, Hubert. 1897–1960

School of Nursing (1926–1974)

• Conroy, Esther. 1908–1976 (no memorial, at her request)
• Lawrence, Bessie. 1903–1972

School of Physical Sciences (1926–1947) [continued by School of Humanities and Sciences]

Chemistry (1926–1947) [previously Chemistry (unaffiliated), continued by Chemistry (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Bergstrom, Francis. 1897–1946
• Franklin, Edward. 1862–1937
• Lenox, Lionel. 1865–1927
• Young, Stewart. 1869–1931

Geology (1926–1945) [previously Geology (unaffiliated), continued by School of Mineral Sciences]

• Smith, James. 1864–1931
• Tolman, Cyrus. 1873–1942

Mathematics (1926–1947) [previously Mathematics (unaffiliated), continued by Mathematics (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Allardice, Robert. 1862–1928
• Blichfeldt, Hans. 1873–1945
• Green, Rufus. 1862–1932
• Townley, Sidney. 1867–1946

Physics (1926–1947) [previously Physics (unaffiliated), continued by Physics (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Drew, Elmer. 1864–1930
• Rogers, Frederick. 1863–1941
• Ross, Perley. 1883–1938

School of Social Sciences (1924–1947) [continued by School of Humanities and Sciences]

Economics (1924–1947) [previously Economics (unaffiliated), continued by Economics (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Mears, Eliot. 1889–1946
• Wildman, Murray. 1868–1930

History (1924–1947) [previously History (unaffiliated), continued by History (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Adams, Ephraim. 1865–1930
• Golder, Frank. 1877–1929
• Martin, Percy. 1851–1942
• Robinson, Edgar. 1887–1977

Journalism (1932–1947) [previously Journalism (unaffiliated), continued by Institute for Journalistic Studies (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Smith, Everett. 1876–1933

Philosophy (1924–1943) [previously Philosophy (unaffiliated), continued by Philosophy (School of Humanities)]

• Brown, Harold. 1879–1943

Political Science (1924–1947) [previously Political Science (unaffiliated), continued by Political Science (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Holsti, Rudolph. 1881–1945
• Thompson, Walter. 1889–1940
• West, Victor.  –1927

Psychology (1927–1947) [previously Psychology (School of Biology), continued by Psychology (School of Humanities and Sciences)]

• Angell, Frank. 1857–1939
• Coover, John. 1872–1938
• Martin, Lillien. 1851–1943

University Officers

Academic Secretary

• Clark, George A.
• McDowell, John. 1871–1938

Board of Trustees

• Morgan, Percy.  –1920
• Stanford, Thomas Welton. 1832–1918
• Alexander, Wallace. 1869–1939
• Grant, Joseph. 1858–1942
• Gregory, Thomas.  –1933

Board of Trustees — Treasurer

• Sloss, Leonard.  –1920
• Stow, Vanderlynn.  –1919

President

• Branner, John. 1850–1922
• Jordan, David Starr. 1851–1931
• Sterling, J. E. Wallace. 1906–1985
• Tresidder, Donald. 1894–1948
• Wilbur, Ray Lyman. 1875–1949

Registrar

• Cowdery, Karl. 1895–1944
• Elliott, Orrin. 1860–1940

Other

Stanford University Libraries

• van Patten, Nathan. 1887–1956
• Clark, George T.  –1940

Stanford University Health Service

• Todd, Lois. 1894–1968
• Houck, George. 1902–1977

Stanford University Press

• Seltzer, Leonard. 1918–1988

Chaplain

• Gardner, David. 1871–1948

Organist

• Allen, Warren. 1885–1964
• Eaton, Louis.

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