How was Stanford University, the top university in the world, established?

Speaking of Stanford University, everyone knows that it is the top university in the world, but do you know how it was established?

As a famous private college, there is a widely circulated story about Stanford University: two peasant couples went to Harvard University and offered to donate money to build a building for Harvard in memory of their dead son. The president of Harvard proudly said that it would cost 7.5 million to build a building, and then he sent them away in a few words. So, the couple established their own university, which is today's Stanford University.

Let's walk into the Stanford Museum (Cantor Art Center) and find out. Stanford is not only a first-class university, but also a first-class art center. The most representative is the works of auguste rodin, a great French sculptor.

Leland Stanford was born in New York State, studied law and became a lawyer. From 65438 to 0852, Mr. Stanford and his family immigrated to California with the "gold rush" and began their rich career. He co-founded the California Pacific Railroad Company, which later became railroad tycoon. He served as governor of California and senator. Obviously, Mr. Stanford was a social elite at that time, not a hillbilly.

1884, when the Stanford couple and their son were traveling in Italy, their 15-year-old only son Leland died of typhoid fever. A few weeks later, unable to shake off their sadness, the couple decided to use their wealth to do something for all the children in California, to commemorate their son in the best way, and the plan to establish a university came into being.

Stanford told his wife, "All children in California will be our children in the future." This sentence later became a historic saying of Stanford University. The school is named after their son: Leland Stanford Junior University.

Subsequently, the school held a completion ceremony at1891101. Stanford was founded for a different purpose. Boys and girls live in the same school and do not belong to any religious sect. The motto of a university is "Let the wind of freedom blow hard". The beauty of Stanford campus lies in the ingenious combination of nature and humanity. It is embedded with human landscape in the forest and ranks first in the evaluation of the most beautiful campus in the United States.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanford didn't adopt children, and they didn't designate heirs. Their assets are the fund of the school and they are fully responsible. Over the past 100 years, Stanford University has trained "California children" like "parents" and has become many leaders and outstanding scientific and technological talents. Did this story touch you? Welcome to share:)