| 1 | Name: | Dr. Richard W. Lyman | |
| Institution: | Stanford University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1998 | ||
| Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | ||
| Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1923 | ||
| Death Date: | May 27, 2012 | ||
Richard W. Lyman was President Emeritus and J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Humanities Emeritus in the History Department at Stanford University at the time of his death on May 27, 2012 at the age of 89. He became a member of the Stanford faculty in 1958 and held positions as Professor of History, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Vice President and Provost before serving as Stanford's President from 1970-80. From 1980-88 he was President of the Rockefeller Foundation and from 1988 to his retirement in 1991, Director of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford. Dr. Lyman received a B.A. in history from Swarthmore College, and M.A. and PhD degrees in history from Harvard University. From 1951-52, he studied at the London School of Economics as a Fulbright Fellow. He held eight honorary degrees, was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and of the Royal Historical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and an Officer of the (French) Legion of Honor. Dr. Lyman served as director of the Council on Foundations and chaired the board of Independent Sector. He was a Chairman of the Association of American Universities, and he had served as a director of the International Business Machines Corporation and the Chase Manhattan Corporation and as a member of the Board of the World Affairs Council of Northern California and the association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities. He was a member of the American Historical Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1998. | |||