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center of Stanford influence lies in the county of Los 

 Angeles, 500 miles away. 



The duties of the board, moreover, were quite 

 arduous, especially in caring for the many and varied 

 interests involved in the management of the Uni- 

 versity property; practically, therefore, most of the 

 men had to live within easy access of San Francisco. 

 But the number of graduates permanently estab- 

 lished within fifty miles is small even now. All these 

 features necessarily interpose difficulties in the matter 

 of alumni representation. Nevertheless, six Stanford 

 graduates have been so honored, five of them chosen 

 by the board itself.^ 



When this body began to function, there still re- 

 mained, among others of the original group, Horace Davis, 

 Davis, a graduate of Harvard (and son-in-law of ^"*' f""^ 

 Starr King) who had served for a time as president 

 of the University of California; Judge Samuel F. 

 Leib, a prominent attorney of San Jose and an inti- 

 mate friend of the Stanfords; and Timothy Hopkins, 

 son of Mr. Stanford's old associate in the building of 

 the Central Pacific Railway. Mr. Davis was a busi- 

 ness man of broad experience and scholarly instincts. 

 To Judge Leib's sterling character and high executive 

 ability the University is indebted for services of the 

 highest order, especially in the protection of its prop- 

 erty from the multitude of besetting dangers previ- 

 ously discussed by me. 



Both Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins were from the first in 

 intimate touch with the Stanfords, so that "Tim" 

 always gave me sympathetic help and support. 

 Early in 1892, as already stated, he furnished the 



1 Herbert Hoover, '95, Ralph Arnold, '99, Thomas T. C. Gregory, '99, Leland 

 W. Cutler, '06, and John T. Nourse, '00. George E. Crothers, '95, the first to 

 serve, was appointed by Mrs. Stanford. 



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