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Wallace Sterling (John Ewart Wallace Sterling) was born on 6 August, 1906 in Linwood, Ontario, Canada, is an American historian. Discover Wallace Sterling's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As John Ewart Wallace Sterling
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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 6 August, 1906
Birthday 6 August
Birthplace Linwood, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 1 July, 1985
Died Place Woodside, California, U.S.
Nationality Ontario

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1906

John Ewart Wallace Sterling (August 6, 1906 – July 1, 1985) was an American educator who served as the 5th President of Stanford University between 1949 and 1968.

Sterling was born in Linwood, Ontario, the son of Annie (née Wallace) and William Sterling, a Methodist clergyman.

He pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto and received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Alberta.

1932

He began his doctoral studies in history at Stanford University in 1932, serving on the research staff of the Hoover Institution.

1938

He received a Ph.D. in 1938 with a dissertation on "Diplomacy and the newspaper press in Austria Hungary, Midsummer 1914."

It was never published.

He joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology.

1948

In 1948, he left Caltech to head the Huntington Library and Art Gallery and shortly afterward was offered the Stanford presidency.

Sterling was married to Anna Maria Shaver.

During his 20-year term as president he oversaw the growth of Stanford from a financially troubled regional university to a financially sound, internationally recognized academic powerhouse, "the Harvard of the West".

Achievements during his tenure included:

In 2022, Stanford University issued a public apology for its discrimination against Jewish applicants in the 1950s, which was documented through internal memos involving Sterling.

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