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Title: Richard William Weiland papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0855
Contributing Institution:
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
45.0 Linear feet
(62 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969-2008
Abstract: Collection includes personal correspondence, 1969-2002; materials pertaining to Microsoft, both his career there and the company,
1976-99; his research materials and notebooks on computers, the software industry, investments, and other interests, 1988-2006;
papers, yearbooks, notebooks, and other items from his student career, 1971-80 (high school, Oregon State University, Stanford
University, and Harvard Business School); materials pertaining to his philanthropic interests; and photographs and other AV
materials.
creator:
Weiland, Richard William, 1953-2006
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
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: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
This collection was given by Mike Schaefer to Stanford University, Special Collections and University Archives, in 2007 and
2008.
Richard William Weiland Papers (SC0855). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Richard Weiland earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at Stanford in 1976. His first job was with his
former high school classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Microsoft, where he managed the completion of the COBOL compiler
and helped develop the BASIC interpreter. He left Microsoft in 1988 to pursue full-time philanthropy, where his interests
were education; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights; health and human services; and the environment.
The collection includes personal correspondence, 1969-2002; materials pertaining to Microsoft, both his career there and the
company, 1976-99; his research materials and notebooks on computers, the software industry, investments, and other interests,
1988-2006; papers, yearbooks, notebooks, and other items from his student career, 1971-80 (high school, Oregon State University,
Stanford University, and Harvard Business School); materials pertaining to his philanthropic interests; and photographs and
other AV materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Microsoft Corporation.
Stanford University--Students.
Weiland, Richard William, 1953-2006
Charities
Computer software industry
Endowments