Guide to the Alpha Tau Omega Records
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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Call Number: SC0622
Creator:
Shepard, Jack L.
Title: Alpha Tau Omega records
Dates: 1959-1985
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Summary: Correspondence, newsletters, agenda, minutes, memoranda, and
other items pertaining to the Stanford chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, including financial
matters, relations with the University administration, and its plan to become a co-ed
house in 1970. Of note are materials pertaining to its disenfranchisement by the
national organization in 1961 over the issue of admitting Jewish members.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Sonia Shepard, 1996.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
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Alpha Tau Omega Records (SC0622). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Jack L. Shepard earned three degrees at Stanford University: A.B. (1953) and A.M. (1955)
in education and MBA at Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 1956. As a student he
was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and on the varsity baseball team. After
his undergraduate degree, Shepard played baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and in his
first full season (1954) was named "Rookie of the Year." After leaving the Pirates, he
joined the Stanford University fund-raising staff as an associate general secretary, a
post he held for nine years.
Correspondence, newsletters, agenda, minutes, memoranda, and other items pertaining to
the Stanford chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, including financial matters, relations with the
University administration, and its plan to become a co-ed house in 1970. Of note are
materials pertaining to its disenfranchisement by the national organization in 1961 over
the issue of admitting Jewish members.
Alpha Tau Omega (Stanford University).
Shepard, Jack L.
Stanford University--Students.
Antisemitism --California.
fraternities
Greek letter societies.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Records