Stanford University Alumni - Mitt Romney, List of Stanford University People, Herbert Hoover, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Fossett, Gray Davis, Judy Bi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 149. Chapters: Mitt Romney, List of Stanford University people, Herbert Hoover, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Fossett, Gray Davis, Judy Biggert, Alejandro Toledo, Jennifer Connelly, Jonathan Pollard, Ann Bannon, Sam Harris (author), John Steinbeck, Mary-Louise Hooper, Carl Hayden, Max Baucus, Raymond Burr, Carly Fiorina. Excerpt: Connection Timeout This is a list of encyclopedic persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with Stanford University in the United States. Vinton Cerf, "Father of the Internet" Tom Dibblee, in 2003 Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate Eileen Collins, first female commander of a space shuttle Jerry Yang, Yahoo co-founder Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States John F. Kennedy Ehud Barak William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur Kornberg (National Library of Medicine portrait) Donald Knuth in 2005 Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State of the United States Sam Fuld, all-time Stanford runs leader Shawn Green Landry Fields Greg Camarillo Jim Plunkett Tiger Woods spent two years at Stanford Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). Hoover, born to Quaker parents of German, Swiss, Canadian and Irish descent, was originally a professional mining engineer and author. He achieved American and international prominence in humanitarian relief efforts and served as head of the U.S. Food Administration before and during World War I. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric "economic modernization." In...