John L Hennessy

John L. Hennessy

John Hennessy served as Stanford's tenth president from 2000 – 2016.

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John Hennessy to receive the National Science Board Vannevar Bush Award

The former Stanford president is honored for his pioneering work in computer science and his dedication to supporting future leaders in the sciences, and beyond.

April 16, 2024
How can we re-create a Silicon Valley in Japan? Stanford’s former president offers his perspective

Forbes Japan & Tomo Kumahira, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, interviewed John Hennessy, Shriram Family Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, about creating a Silicon Valley-style ecosy

December 31, 2023
Learning from Bill Gates and Elon Musk about how to become a climate entrepreneur

Forbes Japan and Tomo Kumahira, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, interviewed John Hennessy, Shriram Family Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, about the climate change lens that entrep

December 30, 2023

About John L. Hennessy

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.

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Knight-Hennessy Scholars