Stanford US–Russia Forum American and twenty Russian students, selected on a competitive basis. During the fall, the SURF delegates participated in a series of virtual seminars with guest lecturers including Dmitri Trenin (Director, Carnegie Moscow Center) and Donald Kennedy (Editor, Science). In the winter, the delegates continued to meet virtually in small groups that researched and produced Collaborative Research Projects (CRP). The program concluded with a week-long capstone conference at Stanford University in April 2010. The capstone conference brought together organizers, participants and sponsors of SURF, as well as a number of special guests. Speakers included the 66th U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
John Stanford (general) Al Gore. John Stanford (general) John Stanford (September 14, 1938 – November 28, 1998) was a United States Army officer who later became superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools. Stanford was born in Darby, Pennsylvania and graduated from Yeadon High School. He subsequently attended Pennsylvania State University, earning a B.A. in political science. In 1975 he received a master's degree in personnel management from Central Michigan University. Stanford entered the U.S. Army after college, eventually rising to the rank of major general. He served during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and also worked as executive assistant to Secretary