Be nice to these people, they hold the keys to your doorway of success. Admissions Stanford's Native American recruiters are charged with being the contact people for prospective undergraduate and graduate students.  Adrienne Keene and Greg Graves are those people. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee) is an Admission Counselor in the Office of Undergraduate Admission and is the Native Undergraduate Recruiter.  You can reach her at (650) 724-9874. e-mail: akeene@stanford.edu Greg Graves (Delaware)  is the Native American Graduate Recruiter and Retention Coordinator.  You can reach him at (650) 725-6947. e-mail: ggraves@stanford.edu See the Stanford Admission websites for the most current information and materials.  http://www.stanford.edu/home/admission/index.html In today's rapidly changing world, the importance and value of a liberal arts education and advanced study are becoming more clear.  A Stanford education can prepare you for work in a field directly or indirectly related to your chosen field of study--or perhaps, unrelated to your academic degree.  A Stanford education will provide you an in depth focus in your major field of study and a broad multidisciplinary education to develop the analytical and communication skills necessary for success. Listed below are the names of some of our Native American alumni.  As you read through that list, we hope that you will be able to think about your future in new and creative ways.   Graduate School of Business Jim Edenso, Tlingit/Haida from Everett, Washington   M.B.A. (Finance and Management Consultant) Nanci Jemison, Seneca from Buffalo, New York--    M.B.A. (Director, Finance Division, BIA, Washington, DC)   School of Earth Sciences William McCabe, Navajo from Window Rock, Arizona--    B.S., Petroleum Engineering (Council of Energy Resource Tribes) Linda Tiaoksin, Lakota from Snohomish, Washington--    B.S., Applied Earth Sciences (Environmental Scientist, IHS)   School of Education William Long Reed, Navajo from Tuba City, Arizona    A.M., STEP (Science Teacher, Tuba City High School) Edna Ahgeak MacLean, Inupiaq Eskimo    Ph.D., Education (President, Ilisagvik College, Barrow, Alaska)    School of Engineering Powtawche Williams , Mississippit Choctaw from New Orleans, Louisiana--    B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Pd.D. Candidate, Rice University) Danny Ammon, Tsnungwe from San Jose, California--    M.S., Computer Science (Director, Education Program, Hupa Tribe)   School of Humanites and Sciences Ian Nui Chun, Native Hawaiian from Haliewa, Hawaii--    A.B., Human Biology (Medical Student, University of Hawaii) John Gonzales, San Ildefonso Pueblo from San Ildefonso, New Mexico--    B.A., Urban Studies (Governor, San Ildefonso Pueblo)   School of Law Julie Hansen, Cherokee from Los Gatos, California--    J.D. (Attorney, Legal Aid, San Mateo County, California) W. Richard West, Jr., Southern Cheyenne from Washington, D.C.--    J.D. (Founding Director, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution)   School of Medicine Sara Jumping Eagle, Oglala Lakota from Kyle, South Dakota--   M.D. (Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Fellow, Denver Children's Hospital) Kent Saylor, Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada--    M.D. (Physician, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)