Educator. She was the co-founder of Stanford University with her husband, Leland Stanford. She and then President of Stanford, David Starr Jordan, rescued the University after Leland’s death. (bio by: Bona Rae Villarta)  Family links:  Parents:  Dyer Lathrop (1787 – 1855)  Jane Ann Shields Lathrop (1803 – 1882)  Spouse:  Leland Stanford (1824 – 1893)*  Children:  Leland Stanford (1868 – 1884)*  Siblings:  Daniel Shields Lathrop (1825 – 1883)*  Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (1828 – 1905)  Ariel Lathrop (1830 – 1908)*  Henry Clay Lathrop (1844 – 1899)*  Charles Gardner Lathrop (1849 – 1914)* *Calculated relationship