Richard W. Lyman, Stanford's seventh president, dead at 88
Lyman, an emeritus professor at the School of Education, spent 25 years on the Farm.
May 27, 2012
Stanford News Service
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Stanford University President Emeritus Richard W. Lyman, known for his unequivocal stance against the violent student protests that erupted on campus during the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, died Sunday, May 27 of congestive heart failure at Channing House in Palo Alto, CA.
He was 88.
Lyman, who served as president from 1970 to 1980, held many posts during the 25 years he spent at Stanford: history professor, associate dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, provost, president, and founder and director of the center now known as the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
