Description
The materials consist of publications, research and teaching files, professional files and
correspondence, and audiovisual materials.
Background
John L. Hennessy is Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, the largest fully endowed
graduate-level scholarship program in the world. He is Chairman of the Board of Alphabet and
serves on the Board of Directors for Cisco Systems and the Board of Trustees for Gordon and
Betty Moore Foundation. Formerly the tenth President of Stanford University, he is also a
computer scientist who co-founded MIPS Computer Systems and Atheros Communications. He and
Dave Patterson were awarded the ACM A.M. Turing Prize for 2017.
Restrictions
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to
examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Availability
Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original
format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.