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 Alfred R. Masters - Palo Alto, CA
N 37° 25.912 W 122° 09.447
10S E 574541 N 4143116
A citizen memorial located on the Stanford University campus.
Waymark Code: WMTG57
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2016
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Located at the south corner of what's known as Masters' Grove is a citizen memorial comprised of concrete with a metal plaque that reads:
ALFRED R. MASTERS - DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS 1924-1962
STANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, CLASS OF 1924, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR 38 YEARS, DEVELOPED ONE OF THE FINEST COLLEGIATE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. AUTHORIZED GOLF COURSE AND SUNKEN DIAMOND CONSTRUCTION, AND STADIUM ENLARGEMENT TO SEAT 90,000. INTERNATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD; ASSISTANT MANAGER, LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS, 1932, AND BERLIN OLYMPICS, 1936; AND MANAGER, LONDON OLYMPICS, 1948. STAGED THE FIRST AMERICAN/SOVIET TRACK MEET, STANFORD STADIUM, 1962. "NO ONE DID MORE FOR STANFORD ATHLETICS THAN MASTERS"
S.F. CHRONICLE, 1963.
REMEMBERED AS A MAN WITH VISION, INTELLIGENCE, INTEGRITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS. |
I was able to locate a picture of Masters, along with a colleague, from the Stanford website here. The year listed on the picture is wrong.
Location: Stanford University
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed
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