John A. Blume (1909-2002) is considered by many in the profession to be the “father” of earthquake engineering. Read about John A. Blume (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/2013-heroes/john-blume)

James H. Clark is an entrepreneur and computer scientist who was a founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, Healtheon, myCFO and Shutterfly. Read about James H. Clark (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/james-clark)

David Filo co-created “Jerry and Dave’s Guide to the World Wide Web” in April 1994 with fellow Stanford grad student Jerry Yang. Read about David Filo (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/2013-heroes/david-filo)

Martin Hellman is best known for inventing — with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle — public key cryptography in 1976. Read about Martin Hellman (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/2013-heroes/martin-hellman)

John McCarthy (1927-2011) was a giant in the field of artificial intelligence. Read about John McCarthy (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/2013-heroes/john-mccarthy)

William J. Perry was secretary of defense of the United States from February 1994 to January 1997, deputy secretary of defense from 1993 to 1994 and under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 1977 to 1981. Read about William J. Perry (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/william-perry)

Jerry Yang co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in 1995. Read about Jerry Yang (https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/heroes/2013-heroes/jerry-yang)