The Leland Stanford Junior University or Stanford for short is located near the Palo Alto, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Moreover, it operates the Hopkins Marine Station in California, Pacific Groove in Monterey Bay. Stanford University was established by railroad magnate and the governor of California Leland Stanford and Jane Stanford, his wife.
The university was founded in honor of their son, who died in the age of teenager. The parents were dreaming to give to their son marvelous education, however they did not have time to do it. That is why decided to found the university in order all the other children have an opportunity to be educated there. Once Leland Stanford said that the children of California would be their children.
In 1891, after six difficult years of building and arranging The Leland Stanford Junior University was opened.
In 1906, the earthquake destroyed some buildings of the Stanford University; however, the residents of it did not fall into despair and started to make repairing and rebuilding immediately. The university has its own motto, and if to translate it into English language, it sounds something like “The wind of Freedom Blows”.
Such a difficult fate has the Leland Stanford Junior University; however, still is it famous and competitive among all the others universities.