Background
Lyman, Richard Wall was born on October 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles M. and Aglae (Wall) Lyman.
( Stanford in Turmoil is a rare insider's look at one sch...)
Stanford in Turmoil is a rare insider's look at one school's experience of dramatic political unrest during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It provides a unique perspective on the events that roiled the campus during this period—a period in which the author, Richard Lyman, served as the university's vice president, provost, and then president. In a cross between memoir and history, the book guides us through major cases of arson, including the destruction of the president's office, the notorious "Cambodia Spring" of 1970—when dozens of students and police were injured—and the forced resignation of another Stanford president after just nineteen months in office. Remarkably, Stanford's prestige and academic strength grew unabated throughout this time of crisis. How this came to pass is the central theme of Stanford in Turmoil.
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foundation and academic administrator historian
Lyman, Richard Wall was born on October 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles M. and Aglae (Wall) Lyman.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1947. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1974. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 1971.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mills College, 1972. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yale University, 1975. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Rochester, 1975.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College of Idaho, 1989. Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Polytech. Institute, 2008.
He served as the provost of Stanford between 1967 and 1970. He then served as president of the university from 1970 to 1980. During his tenure as provost and president, he confronted campus dissidents involved in protests against the Vietnam war and other social issues of the 1960s.
In the spring of 1969, he called in law enforcement authorities to evict and arrest students who were occupying campus buildings and removing administrative files.
In referring to his leadership during his tenure, both of his immediate successors as president of the university have said that "Dick Lyman saved Stanford."
In 1983 he founded the Stanford Institute for International Studies and became its first director He was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1980 to 1988.
Lyman earned his bachelor"s degree from Swarthmore College and his master"s degree and Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University. He was a Fulbright scholar at the London School of Economics from 1951 to 1952.
He came to Stanford in 1958 as a professor in history.
The Richard West. Lyman Award was established in 2002 by the National Humanities Center in honor of Lyman. Jing Lyman was herself very active in the university and supported the founding of the Center for Research on Women (now the Clayman Institute for Gender Studies) in 1974. She was a "leading national figure in initiatives promoting fairer housing, community development and women's economic empowerment."
He died in 2012 of heart failure, aged 88.
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Member National Council on Humanities, 1976-1982, vice chairman, 1980-1982. Chairman Commission on Humanities, 1978-1980. Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1976-1988, Carnegie Foundation Advancement of Teaching, 1976-1982, World Affairs Council of Northern California, 1992-1998.
Board directors National Association Indiana Colleges and Universities, 1976-1977, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1994-1997, American Alliance for Rights and Responsiblities, 1993-2002. Chairman Association American Universities, 1978-1979. With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Fellow Royal History Society. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American History Association, Council on Foreign Relations, American Philosophical Society, Conference British Studies, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth D. Schauffler, August 20, 1947. Children: Jennifer P., Holly Lyman Antolini, Christopher M., Timothy R.