Hoover Tower - Completed in 1941 to celebrate Stanford University's 50th anniversary, the 285-foot tower is a landmark for students, alumni and the local community.
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At the top of the tower, visitors can see a carillon of 48 bells cast in Tournai, Belgium, a gift of the Belgian-American Education Foundation.
The largest bell is inscribed, "For Peace Alone Do I Ring."
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The lobby of the tower houses the Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover exhibits,
which feature memorabilia from the careers and lives of the thirty-first
U.S. president and his wife, both of whom were Stanford alumni.
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The Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion has exhibits open to the public and is located next to Hoover Tower.
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Hoover Tower is part of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a Stanford-affiliated public policy research center founded by Herbert Hoover, a member of the University's pioneer class of 1895 and the 31st president of the United States.