Claim: California magnate granddaughter and American author Harriet Doerr studied at the private research institution Standford University.
Evidence: A granddaughter of California railroad magnate and noted collector of art and rare books, Henry Edwards Huntington, Harriet Green Huntington grew up in a Pasadena, California, family that encouraged intellectual endeavors. While at Stanford, she began writing, with sufficient success to earn a Stegner Fellowship in 1979, and she soon began publishing short stories. She then enrolled in Smith College in 1927, but transferred to Stanford University the following year where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in Stanford, California.