Daughter of David Jacks and Mary Romie.
Margaret Anna Jacks
Margaret Jacks died in Palo Alto on April 7, 1962 at the age of eighty-seven. She was the last survivor of the seven children of California pioneer David Jacks, who came west in 1849 and settled in Monterey.
By nature shy and modest, Margaret nevertheless took on the management of the extensive Jacks properties on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Salinas Valley from the time of her sister, Lee L. Jacks', death in January, 1941. Lee's bequest to Stanford made possible the David Jacks Professorship in Higher Education and the Lee L. Jacks Professorship in Child Education.
Margaret Jacks was a graduate of Radcliffe, an ardent Christian Scientist, and a champion of educational improvement throughout her life. In addition to her many gifts to Stanford for scholarships and faculty salaries, she took a personal interest in the Los Altos children's home known as Twelveacres and made generous contributions to many institutions including College of the Pacific, Occidental University, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Radcliffe, and Mills College. She also founded, with Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Monterey chapter of the American Red Cross.
Toward the end of her life, Miss Jacks developed great interest in the preservation of historic Monterey and founded several organizations dedicated to that purpose. She and her sister, Mary (Mrs. Myron Thomas), purchased the Pacific Building in Monterey and the Stage Coach Inn near Soledad and donated them to California together with funds for their maintenance.
At her death, Margaret Jacks bequeathed to the University one of the largest single gifts in its history. ($10 million) To that date, it was second only to the Founding Grant by Senator and Mrs. Stanford. Her gift has made possible the Vida Jacks Professorship in Education, named for another sister, the Margaret Jacks Professorship in Education, and now the reconstruction of Margaret Jacks Hall.
(From the Stanford dedication program 1980)
Margaret Anna Jacks
Margaret Jacks died in Palo Alto on April 7, 1962 at the age of eighty-seven. She was the last survivor of the seven children of California pioneer David Jacks, who came west in 1849 and settled in Monterey.
By nature shy and modest, Margaret nevertheless took on the management of the extensive Jacks properties on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Salinas Valley from the time of her sister, Lee L. Jacks', death in January, 1941. Lee's bequest to Stanford made possible the David Jacks Professorship in Higher Education and the Lee L. Jacks Professorship in Child Education.
Margaret Jacks was a graduate of Radcliffe, an ardent Christian Scientist, and a champion of educational improvement throughout her life. In addition to her many gifts to Stanford for scholarships and faculty salaries, she took a personal interest in the Los Altos children's home known as Twelveacres and made generous contributions to many institutions including College of the Pacific, Occidental University, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Radcliffe, and Mills College. She also founded, with Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Monterey chapter of the American Red Cross.
Toward the end of her life, Miss Jacks developed great interest in the preservation of historic Monterey and founded several organizations dedicated to that purpose. She and her sister, Mary (Mrs. Myron Thomas), purchased the Pacific Building in Monterey and the Stage Coach Inn near Soledad and donated them to California together with funds for their maintenance.
At her death, Margaret Jacks bequeathed to the University one of the largest single gifts in its history. ($10 million) To that date, it was second only to the Founding Grant by Senator and Mrs. Stanford. Her gift has made possible the Vida Jacks Professorship in Education, named for another sister, the Margaret Jacks Professorship in Education, and now the reconstruction of Margaret Jacks Hall.
(From the Stanford dedication program 1980)
Daughter of David Jacks and Mary Romie.
Margaret Anna Jacks
Margaret Jacks died in Palo Alto on April 7, 1962 at the age of eighty-seven. She was the last survivor of the seven children of California pioneer David Jacks, who came west in 1849 and settled in Monterey.
By nature shy and modest, Margaret nevertheless took on the management of the extensive Jacks properties on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Salinas Valley from the time of her sister, Lee L. Jacks', death in January, 1941. Lee's bequest to Stanford made possible the David Jacks Professorship in Higher Education and the Lee L. Jacks Professorship in Child Education.
Margaret Jacks was a graduate of Radcliffe, an ardent Christian Scientist, and a champion of educational improvement throughout her life. In addition to her many gifts to Stanford for scholarships and faculty salaries, she took a personal interest in the Los Altos children's home known as Twelveacres and made generous contributions to many institutions including College of the Pacific, Occidental University, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Radcliffe, and Mills College. She also founded, with Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Monterey chapter of the American Red Cross.
Toward the end of her life, Miss Jacks developed great interest in the preservation of historic Monterey and founded several organizations dedicated to that purpose. She and her sister, Mary (Mrs. Myron Thomas), purchased the Pacific Building in Monterey and the Stage Coach Inn near Soledad and donated them to California together with funds for their maintenance.
At her death, Margaret Jacks bequeathed to the University one of the largest single gifts in its history. ($10 million) To that date, it was second only to the Founding Grant by Senator and Mrs. Stanford. Her gift has made possible the Vida Jacks Professorship in Education, named for another sister, the Margaret Jacks Professorship in Education, and now the reconstruction of Margaret Jacks Hall.
(From the Stanford dedication program 1980)
Margaret Anna Jacks
Margaret Jacks died in Palo Alto on April 7, 1962 at the age of eighty-seven. She was the last survivor of the seven children of California pioneer David Jacks, who came west in 1849 and settled in Monterey.
By nature shy and modest, Margaret nevertheless took on the management of the extensive Jacks properties on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Salinas Valley from the time of her sister, Lee L. Jacks', death in January, 1941. Lee's bequest to Stanford made possible the David Jacks Professorship in Higher Education and the Lee L. Jacks Professorship in Child Education.
Margaret Jacks was a graduate of Radcliffe, an ardent Christian Scientist, and a champion of educational improvement throughout her life. In addition to her many gifts to Stanford for scholarships and faculty salaries, she took a personal interest in the Los Altos children's home known as Twelveacres and made generous contributions to many institutions including College of the Pacific, Occidental University, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Radcliffe, and Mills College. She also founded, with Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Monterey chapter of the American Red Cross.
Toward the end of her life, Miss Jacks developed great interest in the preservation of historic Monterey and founded several organizations dedicated to that purpose. She and her sister, Mary (Mrs. Myron Thomas), purchased the Pacific Building in Monterey and the Stage Coach Inn near Soledad and donated them to California together with funds for their maintenance.
At her death, Margaret Jacks bequeathed to the University one of the largest single gifts in its history. ($10 million) To that date, it was second only to the Founding Grant by Senator and Mrs. Stanford. Her gift has made possible the Vida Jacks Professorship in Education, named for another sister, the Margaret Jacks Professorship in Education, and now the reconstruction of Margaret Jacks Hall.
(From the Stanford dedication program 1980)
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