Also worth reading is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman, "the dean of engineering at Stanford, who as

Also worth reading is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman, "the dean of engineering at Stanford, who as early as the 1930s sought to create an industry so his students wouldn’t have to leave the valley for electronics firms in the East". I wonder how much of the early rise of Silicon Valley was easier due to being in a new, relatively unpopulated area that was eager to build its own identity. I also wonder what the current attitudes among college deans are, whether they're happy to send off their graduates to a good job in another region, or whether they push hard to keep them nearby and even start companies on campus.