Template talk:Did you know/George E. Crothers

George E. Crothers[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk)

... that Crothers Memorial Hall, one of two Stanford University dormitories funded by gifts from Judge George E. Crothers (pictured), was named in memory of the judge's mother?

Comment: moved to main space from my user space at 02:12, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Created by Richwales (talk). Self nom at 02:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Length, format, content rules: Daniel Case (talk) 14:41, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Interest: I suppose it is a little unusual that he had the dorm named after his mother and not himself (of course, back then things were rarely named after living people, even those who gave the money ... am I alone in thinking this is somehow better?)
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It may be worth noting that the origin of the name "Crothers Memorial" has been largely forgotten at his alma mater. Stanford students have passed by the curiously named "Crothers" and "Crothers Memorial" halls for decades, and most of them (myself included, when I went to Stanford in the 1970s) have had no idea why these two buildings, standing side by side, bore these similar (yet obviously different) names. Richwales (talk · contribs) 14:57, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since I understand this is now considered "good to go", people might want to be aware that an alternate version of the image (cropped to a head shot) is also available. I used the cropped head shot when I first wrote the article, but someone else felt the original photo (head and body with crossed arms) had more character and modified the article accordingly. I've added a link to the cropped version here, so people can see it and decide which (if either) photo would work better for DYK. Richwales (talk · contribs) 16:18, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]