Support for Making Stanford
A Pocket of Nuclear Awareness

The following six faculty members at Stanford support this effort to better educate Stanford's student body on issues surrounding nuclear weapons. Our hope is to create a critical mass of interest on campus, and to thereby make Stanford a model for the rest of the nation to shake off its complacency and take action to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons.

Kenneth Arrow was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and is Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus, at Stanford University.

William Kays is former Dean of Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, as well as a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Donald Kennedy is President Emeritus of Stanford University, as well as Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Emeritus. From 1977-79 he headed the US Food and Drug Administration.

Martin Perl was a recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics and is Professor Emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

William Perry was Secretary of Defense under President Clinton. Along with George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn he is one the four principals of the Nuclear Security Project that is questioning the conventional wisdom about nuclear weapons.

George Shultz was Secretary of State under President Reagan and was a key figure in ending the Cold War. Along with William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn he is one the four principals of the Nuclear Security Project that is questioning the conventional wisdom about nuclear weapons.

A Letter From Former
Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor credits the late Harry Rathbun, Professor of Business Law at Stanford, with motivating her to study law and with convincing her that, when just a teenaged Stanford undergraduate, she should consider the audacious concept that "a single caring person can effectively help determine the course of events." In April 2008, Justice O'Connor gave the inaugural lecture in a series dubbed Harry's Last Lecture in memory of Prof. Rathbun's final lecture of each year that filled Memorial Auditorium to overflowing. George Shultz, another supporter of this effort (see above) gave the second lecture in the series in May 2009. As mentioned in Justice O'Connor's letter, Harry Rathbun also had a profound influence on my own life. In particular, my dedication to eliminating the threat posed by nuclear weapons started in the 1980's with an effort that was Harry's Last Project.