Combined weight, in pounds, of the Shier quintuplets at birth:
18.4
Combined weight, in pounds, on their first birthday:
87
Weight, in pounds, gained by Patty Shier during her pregnancy:
74
Time, in seconds, from birth of first Shier baby to birth of last:
95
Sets of live quints or sextuplets born in the United States in 1995:
57
Sets born at Stanford Hospital in 1995:
0
Estimated cost of college for Shier quintuplets:
$972,000
Number of computers hooked up to the Stanford Network:
19,906
Number of calls monthly to the main campus computer help line:
11,600
Lines of code in Microsoft Word, 1984 version:
27,000
Lines of code in Microsoft Word, 1997 version:
2.7 million
Number of hats in Admiral Crowe's personal collection:
1,100
Number of hat styles for sale at Stanford Bookstore:
30
Number of ships and submarines in the U.S. Pacific Fleet under Crowe's command in 1983:
227
Number of boats used today by the Stanford sailing team:
40
Number of Stanford students who studied in Britain in 1996-97:
126
SOURCES:(1) National Center for Health Statistics; Stanford Medical Center; Patty Shier; (2) Stanford Information Technology Systems and Services; Microsoft; (3)William Crowe; Stanford Bookstore; The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet; Stanford Sailing Team; Stanford Registrar's Office.
