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Arrillaga Family Rowing And Sailing Center
The Stanford University Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center (or Stanford Rowing and Sailing Center) is a boating facility utilized by Stanford Cardinal Athletics for sailing and rowing sporting activities. It is located at the Port of Redwood City along Redwood creek in Redwood City, California. History The Stanford Rowing and Sailing Center has a long history dating back to 1905 when undergraduates at the university saw a need for a boathouse for intercollegiate competition. The first boathouse was constructed along Redwood Creek and remained active for the next 10 years there. In 1913, another boathouse was built on campus on the edge of Lake Lagunita for Freshmen, spring practice, and campus recreation. Due to the onset of the World War I, rowing dwindled in popularity and revenues fell from sporting events; there was no longer any way to financially support the rowing team. In 1929, the student body voted to reinstate crew as a sport and acquiring boats and shells wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arrillaga
John Arrillaga (April 3, 1937 – January 24, 2022) was an American billionaire real estate developer and philanthropist who was one of the largest landowners in Silicon Valley. He was also a college basketball player when he attended Stanford University. Early life and education Arrillaga was born on April 3, 1937 in Inglewood, California, one of five children in a lower-middle-class home with his mother, Freida, and father, Gabriel, who traced his roots to the Basque region. His mother was a former nurse who worked laundry to support the family, while his father worked at a produce market. He attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, and graduated in 1955. He attended Stanford University on a basketball scholarship, and was a first-team all-conference selection in the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1960. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, and graduated in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in geography. Career Arrillaga started his career selling insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lagunita
Lake Lagunita, informally referred to as Lake Lag, is an artificial dry lake in Stanford University, California, located on the western side of the Stanford campus near the Lagunita residences. It was created in to provide irrigation for Palo Alto Stock Farm. Sources During winters with normal rainfall, the lake used to be filled by diversion from San Francisquito Creek to a three-meter depth along with artificial water level maintenance, allowing recreational use by students.S.J. Barry and H.B. Shaffer. "The Status of the California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) at Lagunita: A 50-Year Update". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 28, No. 2 (June 1994), 159–164. However, the lake has not been artificially filled since the late 1990s, due to problems either with the lake's damming walls or with conservation efforts.Newman, Loren. "Endangered Salamanders to be Protected" The Stanford Daily, May 5, 2008Zigterma, Tom. "Lake Lag and its Dam" The Stanford Daily, May 8, 2008 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford Cardinal Rowing
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considered among the most prestigious universities in the world. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Leland Stanford was a U.S. senator and former governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, provost of Stanford Frederick Terman inspired and supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
