Herrington, Marvin L. (March 25, 2013)

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Abstract: In this interview, Marvin L. Herrington offered his perspective on the significant changes in campus law enforcement over his 30 years as Chief of Police (1971-2001). The interview had roughly six sections: 1) conditions at the start of his tenure; 2) nature of police presence on campus; 3) end of “cloistered days” for colleges and universities; 4) major changes over the period; 5) working with influential people; 6) qualities of the incumbent and their significance in the identity of the department. Herrington has been interviewed several times in the Oral History Project to capture his perspective on events—how they evolved, ran their course, and left their mark. This interview adopted a stance above street level to seek a more panoramic and analytical view. The Nation’s wars, student unrest, growing salience of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation diversity, South African investments, and the institution’s prominence produced evolving challenges to campus peace, order, and harmony. Herrington’s distinctive personality, his professionalism, his uncommon common sense, and his values as a person and police officer played an important role in the sea changes within the University in this hinge-point in its history. So did his connection with an extraordinary coterie of Stanford senior leaders who all worked together to steer the University through this period.

Type of resource	mixed material
Date created	March 25, 2013

Author	Herrington, Marvin L.
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society.
Contributing author	Bacchetti, Raymond F.

Subject	Marvin L. Herrington
Subject	Stanford Historical Society
Subject	Oral histories
Subject	Interviews
Subject	Law enforcement
Subject	Police
Subject	Stanford Police Dept.
Subject	Stanford University > Administration

Related item	Title Finding aid
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/mc622dd1672

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Preferred Citation: Herrington, Marvin L. (March
25, 2013). Oral history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/mc622dd1672

Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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