Cost of handheld Global Positioning System receiver, 1977: $3,000
Cost of handheld GPS receiver, 2000: $99
Cost of handheld compass: $3.98
Stanford doctorates granted for GPS research: 30
GPS devices owned by engineering professor Bradford Parkinson: 5
Stanford presidents selected from outside the University: 5
Longest tenure of a president, in months: 283
Shortest tenure, in months: 21
Presidents who were humanities scholars: 2
Swipe-card readers at Maples Pavilion: 2
Cost of installing each card reader: $400
Student attendance at men's basketball game against Marathon Oil, 1998: 250
Student attendance against game against Marathon Oil, 1999: 850
Sources: 1.Bradford Parkinson; Redwood Trading Post; 2. Stanford: Portrait of a University; 3. Justarrive. Illustrations: Christoph Hitz
