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January/February 1999

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Basketball

Total height, in feet, of 14-member Stanford men's basketball team:

91

Height, in feet, of Hoover Tower:

285

Length of player's shorts. in inches, 1942:

11

Length of player's shorts, in inches, 1998:

20


Average purchase price of on-campus faculty house, 1988:

$326,782

Average purchase price of on-campus faculty house, 1998:

$624,751

Average salary for full professor (excluding Medical School):

$111,000

Average salary for associate professor:

$75,300

Graduate students living on campus, 1978:

1,774

Graduate students living on campus, 1998:

3,500


Government

Alumni who have served as U.S. president:

1

Alumni who have served as California governor:

2

Alumni who are currently members of U.S. Congress:

13

Percent of presidential ballots cast for Herbert Hoover, 1928:

58

Percent of presidential ballots cast for Herbert Hoover, 1932:

40

Sources: 1. Athletics Department; 2. Information Please Almanac; 3. Faculty/Staff Housing Office; Chronicle of Higher Education; Graduate Student Housing Office.

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