David Starr Jordan

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David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was an American ichthyologist who served as the founding president of Stanford University from 1891 to 1913. He was previously the president of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891. Jordan was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration", asserting that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection". He was an antimilitarist since he believed that war killed off the best members of the gene pool, and he initially opposed American involvement in World War I.

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