Acting presidents were temporary appointments. Swain served while Wilbur was United States Secretary of the Interior under Herbert Hoover; Eurich and Faust after the unexpected death of Tresidder.[1][2]
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Acting University president (*)
Provosts
The position was created in 1952.[5]
Chancellors
This position is often empty and has always been held by a former president.[9]
School Deans
Though Stanford did not originally have schools, over the years the departments have all been collected into schools.
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Acting Dean (*)
Stanford faculty and affiliates
Aeronautics and astronautics
Sigrid Close, associate professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Electrical Engineering
William F. Durand, professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Mechanical Engineering; Electrical Engineering (1859–1958)
Charbel Farhat, professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Mechanical Engineering
G. Scott Hubbard, adjunct professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Antony Jameson, emeritus Faculty, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sanjay Lall, professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Electrical Engineering
Patrick O. Brown, professor of biochemistry, inventor of DNA microarray technology
Marion Buckwalter, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, co-founder of the Stroke Recovery Program at Stanford
Stanley Norman Cohen, professor of genetics and medicine, accomplished the first transplantation of genes between cells; winner of National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology, inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
José Gilberto Montoya, professor in medical school, founder of the Immunocompromised Host Service
Peter Raven, professor of botany; coauthor with Paul Ehrlich in 1964 of the seminal work Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution; Missouri Botanical Garden, 1971–2010; board of trustees of National Geographic; International Prize for Biology, 1986; Pontifical Science Academy; Time Magazine "Hero for the Planet" 1999
Robert Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor in Biological Sciences, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Neurosurgery; author and recipient of awards including MacArthur Fellowship genius grant, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience
Arthur Samuel, former faculty; pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence; his checkers-playing program appears to be the world's first self-learning program, and an early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI)
Dana Scott, former faculty, Turing award-winning computer scientist
Robert Tarjan, former faculty, Turing award-winning computer scientist
Sebastian Thrun, director of Stanford AI LAB; team leader of Stanford driverless car racing team, whose entry Stanley won the 2005 DARPA grand challenge
Jeff Ullman, professor in CS, IEEE John Von Neumann prize winner
Don E. Fehrenbacher, Pulitzer Prize winner author (1979, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law & Politics); William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies from 1953
Coit D. Blacker, political science professor, special assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and senior director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, National Security Council; Executive Office of the President
Larry Diamond, professor, mentor, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute
Richard Atkinson, professor of psychology 1956–1980, former president, University of California
Albert Bandura, professor of psychology since 1964, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology since 1973, known for his work on social learning theory and, more recently, on social cognitive theory and self efficacy
Gordon H. Bower, professor of psychology, 2005 National Medal of Science winner
Carol Dweck, professor of psychology, known for her work on the mindset psychological trait
George Shultz, U.S. Secretary of State (1982–1989), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1972–1974), U.S. Secretary of Labor (1969–1970), also lectured at the Graduate School of Business
Amy Zegart, political scientist and intelligence reform expert
Coaches
Dick Gould, greatest tennis coach in history; from 1966 to 2004 he won 17 NCAA Team titles with 50 All-American players
Payton Jordan, track coach 1957–1979; head coach of the 1968 US Olympic track team
Bill Walsh, twice head coach of the football team; also served as interim athletic director; coach of the three-time Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers; inventor of the West Coast Offense
Glenn Scobey Warner, College Football Hall of Fame coach known as "Pop" Warner, brought the following mechanics to football: the screen pass, spiral punt, single- and double-wing formations, the use of shoulder and thigh pads, designed helmets red for backs and white for ends
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