Edison State Univ vs. Thomas Edison

[MNomadic]

A lot of great discussion here. As far as the resume is concerned... I was curious about what alums do who attended Stanford University, because the full name is Leland Stanford Junior University. I found a resume from Sergey Brin, and he puts it as Stanford University, not the full name. If an employer is going to get upset with me because I put Edison State University instead of Thomas Edison State University, then they better feel the same way if they have a Stanford applicant who puts Stanford University and not the full name. If not, then what? Is that elitism?

https://www.businessinsider.com/sergey-b...gle-2017-9

That is a valid point I was not aware of. It may be a case of the nickname becoming more widely known than the actual name. I certainly haven't heard the full name before because it's most commonly referred to simply as Stanford. In fact, they seem to refer to themselves simply as Stanford or Stanford University on their clothing and throughout the website:  https://www.stanford.edu/