Cost to build Stanford Museum, opened in 1894:
$200,000
Cost of new wings, added in 1905:
$240,000
Cost to build Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, to open in 1999:
$36.8 million
Gallery lights hung for Cantor Center opening:
5,420
Gallons of paint used in the new galleries:
3,300
Chemistry professors at Stanford:
22
Chemistry professors who helped synthesize the Pill:
1
Women worldwide who take the Pill:
80 million
Annual U.S. sales of condoms:
460 million
U.S. prescriptions of Viagra written since FDA approval this year:
4.5 million
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Firefighters nationally:
266,300
Percentage who are women:
2
Firefighters at the Stanford station:
21
Percentage who are women:
14
Fires on campus, 1997-98:
17
False alarms and accidental reports, 1997-98:
139
Sources:
1. Cantor Center for the Visual Arts2. Department of Chemistry; U.N. Population Division; Carter-Wallace Inc.; Pfizer Inc
3. National Fire Protection Association; Women’s Wire; Palo Alto Fire Department; University Fire Marshal.
