I'd say >140 years ago, based on: > Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) [...] was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Sta

I'd say >140 years ago, based on: > Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) [...] was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford, the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California, and his wife, Jane, ... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University