April 14, 2000

Stanford Names John Hennessy, an Engineer and Entrepreneur, as Its President

By KIT LIVELY

Stanford University said last week that its provost, John L. Hennessy, will become its next president. A computer scientist and engineer who has been a professor and administrator at Stanford since 1977, Mr. Hennessy also is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, having founded a company that produces microprocessors.

Mr. Hennessy said in an interview that several of his top priorities will build on the work of his predecessor, Gerhard Casper. First, Mr. Hennessy