▁parents ▁divor ced , ▁Stan ford ▁went ▁with ▁his ▁mother ▁to ▁Ak ron , ▁Ohio ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁where ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁elementary ▁school . ▁Stan ford ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁remained ▁there ▁until ▁she ▁married ▁Ir ving ▁J aff ey ▁and ▁moved ▁back ▁to ▁St . ▁Paul . ▁Stan ford ▁then ▁attended ▁Mechan ic ▁Arts ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁St . ▁Paul , ▁where ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁one ▁out ▁of ▁only ▁five ▁students ▁from ▁a ▁student ▁body ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 ▁who ▁went ▁to ▁college . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁early ▁research ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁Stan ford ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁major ed ▁in ▁British ▁history ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Professor ▁Carl ▁Brand , ▁with ▁a ▁minor ▁in ▁Near ▁Eastern ▁history , ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Professor ▁Wayne ▁V uc in ich . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁B . A . ▁at ▁Stan ford ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁and ▁M . A . ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁with ▁a ▁th esis ▁on ▁the ▁foreign ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Labour ▁Party ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 0 – 1 9 3 8 , ▁based ▁on ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁Ho over ▁Institution ▁at ▁Stan ford . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁studied ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁history ▁along ▁with ▁Arab ic , ▁Turkish ▁and ▁Pers ian ▁as ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁student ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁receiving ▁his ▁M . A . ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 .