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Professor John L. Hennessy Introduction by Alan Weissberger – Part 1
Alan Weissberger interviews fellow State University of New York at Stony Brook alum John L. Hennessy, PhD. Weissberger introduces the Stanford president in this first of multiple segments from their hour and a half conversation they had at the March 2nd Northern California Stony Brook Alumi-sponsored luncheon in Palo Alto, CA.
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The Mayor of Stanford – Part 2
John L. Hennessy, president of Stanford, compares his role to that of a mayor of a city. He provides insight into the small and big picture tasks that a president must grasp in order to run a successful university.
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Hennessy as SBU Grad Student, MIPs co-founder, Return to Stanford & the Frog in Boiling Water…Part 3
Prof. Hennessy shares his Stony Brook grad school experiences and explains why he returned to Stanford after co-founding MIPs in 1984. He never dreamed of being an academic administrator and claims he’s the proverbial frog cooking in boiling water who survived and unexpectedly became President of Stanford. [Descriptions by Alan Weissberger, video by Ken Pyle]