Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a non-denominational burial ground located in Palo Alto, California, United States. It was established in 1904 as a cemetery. It includes traditional burial plots, a mausoleum and a columbarium.
Notable burials Frank Bacon (1864–1922), actor and playwright Thomas A. Bailey (1902–1983), American historian Larry Wu-tai Chin (1922–1986), Chinese spy who worked for the U.S. government for 37 years Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866–1948), architect, professor, first Mayor of Mayfield Birge Clark (1893–1989), architect Leonid (Joseph) Dukhovny (1938–2022), Soviet and American songwriter, poet, musician, bard, producer. Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), musicianThe Tombstone Tourist, p. 40 Wilhelmina Harper (1884–1973), successful children's author in the 1930s and 1940s, and published more than 40 compilations of children and young adult stories Steve Jobs (1955–2011), co-founder of Apple Inc. (unmarked grave) Henry Seymour Kaplan (1918–1984), American radiologist and pioneer in radiation therapy and radiobiology, and the first physician credited with the Atoms for Peace Award. Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945–1973), keyboardist, harmonica player and lead vocalist, founding member of the Grateful DeadJambase Glenn McQueen (1960–2002), Canadian animator at Pixar Charles Gilman Norris (1881–1945), novelist Kathleen Thompson Norris (1880–1966), American novelist David Packard (1912–1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Guy H. Preston (1864–1952), US Army brigadier general Herold Ruel (1896–1963), major-league American baseball playerBaseball-Almanac William Shockley (1910–1989), developed transistor and won Nobel Prize for Physics Shirley Temple (1928–2014), American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant Frederick Terman (1900–1982), considered (along with Shockley) the father of Silicon ValleySanta Clara Valley Audubon Society Stephen Timoshenko (1878–1972), Professor of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University and namesake of the Timoshenko Medal Y.A. Tittle (1926–2017), football player Sidney Dean Townley (1867–1946), Professor of Astronomy, Stanford University Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875–1949), physician, third president of Stanford University and 31st U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bertha Wright (1876–1971), founder of the Children's Hospital Oakland
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