Politics Mitt Romney's formative year at Stanford June 7, 2012 / 5:55 PM EDT / CBS News The Stanford Quad, 1966 Mitt Romney poses for his freshman class picture. The Stanford Quad, 1966 Romney is pictured among his fellow Stanford University LDS Student Group members (second row, second from right). RealClearPolitics/CBS News The Mormon Church in Palo Alto where Romney attended services as a student RealClearPolitics/CBS News Romney's Stanford dorm room was on the third floor of Rinconada Hall 1966,Credit: The Stanford Quad A tongue-in-cheek boast from the Rinconada boys The Stanford Daily Anti-war activity gained steam more slowly at Stanford than it did at Berkeley in 1965 1966,Credit: The Stanford Quad Faculty members and other non-students took part in many of the protests at Stanford The Stanford Daily David Harris AP/San Francisco Examiner Mitt Romney participates in a counter-demonstration to protest the sit-in at President Sterling The Palo Alto Times/Gene Tupper Romney's status as the son of a famous politician made newsworthy his participation in the counter-demonstration. 1969,The Stanford Quad In the three years following his departure from Stanford, the counterculture became the norm among Romney's former classmates