Manned NASA missions:
120
Manned missions carrying Stanford alumni:
29
Minutes spent spacewalking by Stanford alums:
4,440
Minutes required to walk from Terman engineering building to Tresidder Student Union:
4
Percentage of astronaut applicants accepted by NASA, 1996:
1.3
Percentage of freshman applicants accepted by Stanford, 1996:
16.1
Venture capital invested in Silicon Valley start-ups, 1997:
$2.6 billion
Venture capital invested in the rest of the country:
$9.6 billion
Courses in entrepreneurship at the business school in 1987:
4
Courses in 1997:
12
Average annual compensation for a managing
general partner in a VC firm, 1997:
$5.2 million
Students enrolled in Stanford-in-Washington program, 1988-98:
657
Stanford alumni living in greater Washington, D.C.:
6,200
Members of Congress who are Stanford alumni:
12
Height, in feet, of Hoover Tower:
285
Height, in feet, of Washington Monument:
555
Sources: 1. NASA; Undergraduate Admission Office; 2. Coopers & Lybrand;
Graduate School of Business; KPMG Peat Marwick; 3. Stanford-in-Washington;
Government and Community Relations Office.
