Richard Wall Lyman

Richard Wall Lyman (born 1923) was an American educator and historian.

He served as the provost of Stanford University between 1967 and 1970. He then served as president of Stanford 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 that were occupying campus buildings and removing administrative files. [ ["http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news_features/centennial/1960SD.php"] , Palo Alto Online, Palo Alto Centennial - "Stanford University under siege," Wednesday, April 13, 1994] 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." ["The Stanford Presidency," at [http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browsev2/itunes.stanford.edu Stanford on iTunes (iTunes U:Stanford:Campus Life:Stanford History-Video)] , Donald Kennedy at 19:30 mark of video; Gerhard Casper at 37:00 minute mark]

In 1983 he founded the Stanford Institute for International Studies and became its first director. He was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1980–88.

Lyman earned his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and his master's degree and PhD from Harvard University. He was a Fulbright scholar at the London School of Economics from 1951 to 1952.

The Richard W. Lyman Award was established in 2002 by the National Humanities Center in honor of Lyman. [ [http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/lymanaward/lymanaward.htm The Lyman Award] , National Humanities Center/]

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