<p>While UChicago rose to the top from Day One, it took Stanford more than 50 years to find its way.</p>
<p>As the Stanford Magazine noted in 2002, “…Only 50 years ago, Stanford was considered a good regional school with beautiful grounds and architecturebut not a world-class center of innovative research and learning.”</p>
<p>[Stanford</a> Magazine - ‘The First Great American University’ - September/October 2002](<a href=“Stanford Magazine - Article”>Stanford Magazine - Article)</p>
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<p>George Ellery Hale, a solar astronomer from the University of Chicago, played a major real in building Caltech into a lading research university:</p>
<p>[California</a> Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology]California”>California Institute of Technology - Wikipedia)</p>