% Stanford University PhD thesis style for abstracts -- modifications
% to the article style. This is unofficial so you should always double
% check against the Registrar's office rules
%
% People are free to borrow as long as they change the name and date
% in the \typeout lines, the name of the file, and acknowledge the
% work that has been done by previous people.  Ideally they should
% comment their changes.

% created 6/1/2005 by Emma Pease
% 
% some modifications 6/13/2008 on the advice of Sheng-wey Chiow 

%
% usage
%
%\documentclass[12pt]{article}

%\usepackage{suthesis-abstract}

% % you may choose to add the following to adjust line spacing
% \setstretch{1.4} % default is 1.4

%% modify the following as needed.
%\title{A precision measurement of the photon recoil\\ using large area
%  atom interferometry} 
%\author{Sheng-wey Chiow}
%\conferralyear{2008}
%\readingcommittee{Steven Chu}
%\dept{the Department of Physics}

%\begin{document}

%\maketitle

% body of abstract

% \endabstract

% \end{document}



%%%%%
%%%%%   PRELIMS
%%%%%

\typeout{Document Style Option `suthesis-abstract' for latex2e <$Date: 06/13/2008 $>.}
\typeout{Note that this tries to fulfill the Stanford Thesis Abstact
for microfilm  requirements but it is unofficial}
 

\oddsidemargin 0in \evensidemargin 0in
\marginparwidth 40pt \marginparsep 10pt
\topmargin 0pt \headheight 0pt \headsep 0pt
\textheight 9in \textwidth 6.5in
\brokenpenalty=10000


% First thing we do is make sure that article has been loaded.  A
% common error is to try to use suthesis as a documentstyle.
%\@ifdefined{chapter}{\@latexerr{The `suthesis-abstract' option should be used
%with the `article' document style}{You should probably read the
%suthesis abstract documentation.}}{}

\RequirePackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.4}

%%%%%
%%%%%   SETUP COMMANDS PECULIAR TO THESES
%%%%%

% \author, \title are defined in article; here are the rest of the
% front matter defining macros
\def\dept#1{\gdef\@dept{#1}}
\def\advis@r{Reading Committee Member} % default spelling
\def\principaladviser#1{\gdef\@principaladviser{#1}}
\def\readingcommittee#1{\gdef\@readingcommittee{#1}}
\def\principaladvisor#1{\gdef\@principaladviser{#1}\gdef\advis@r{Advisor}}
\def\coprincipaladvisor#1{\gdef\@coprincipaladviser{#1}\gdef\advis@r{Co-Advisor}}
\def\coprincipaladviser#1{\gdef\@coprincipaladviser{#1}\gdef\advis@r{Co-Adviser}}
\def\firstreader#1{\gdef\@firstreader{#1}}
\def\secondreader#1{\gdef\@secondreader{#1}}
\def\thirdreader#1{\gdef\@thirdreader{#1}}
\def\submitdate#1{\gdef\@submitdate{#1}}
\def\copyrightyear#1{\gdef\@copyrightyear{#1}} % \author, \title in article
% needed only for dual language departments
\def\language#1{\gdef\@language{#1}} \def\@language{babel}
\def\@title{}\def\@author{}\def\@dept{computer science}
\def\@principaladviser{}\def\@firstreader{*}\def\@secondreader{*}
\def\@readingcommittee{}
\def\@coprincipaladviser{*}
\def\@thirdreader{*}
\def\@submitdate{\ifcase\the\month\or
  January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
  July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
  \space \number\the\year}
\def\conferralyear#1{\gdef\@conferralyear{#1}}
\def\@conferralyear{\number\the\year}

% define maketitle

\def\maketitle{%
        \null \leavevmode%\vfill
{
\centering    \large\uppercase\expandafter{\@title}\\
\vskip 15pt plus 10pt minus 5pt

                \rm \@author, Ph.D.\\
                Stanford University, \@conferralyear\\
\par}\vskip 20pt plus 10pt minus 5pt

\begin{center}
    \vspace{\baselineskip}

    \advis@r:  \@readingcommittee

\end{center}

% some people may want to replace the following with \vfill
\vskip 10pt plus 4pt minus 4pt
}


\def\endabstract{\vskip 20pt plus 10pt  minus 5pt

\hfill\parbox{3.2in}{\raggedright Approved for publication: \\[4mm]

              By:\hfill\rule[-2mm]{74mm}{0.4pt} \\[3pt]
    \hfill \parbox{74mm}{\raggedright For \@dept} }}

\pagestyle{empty}