333:. He often said that his main job at Stanford was fundraising for the school. Tresidder set up a professional fundraising organization and streamlined administrative and accounting practices. He established a scholarship program and upgraded the music program to a full department. Tresidder also abolished the sorority system on campus in 1944, after female students voted to support the move, saying there was "serious disunity" between women who pledged sororities and women who lived in dormitories.
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636:"Tresidder Bollards"
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262:Badger Pass Ski Area
770:John Casper Branner
589:Stanford University
365:The St. Regis Hotel
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