Former Stanford Provost Dies At 88
PALO ALTO (CBS SF/AP) -- The president and provost of Stanford University who clamped down on student protests during the Vietnam War era has died.
The university announced that Richard W. Lyman died of congestive heart failure in Palo Alto Sunday. He was 88.
Lyman, a history professor, served as provost before becoming Stanford's 7th president from 1970 to 1980. He opposed the Vietnam War, but had little tolerance for anti-war protests on campus.
He urged riot police to come to campus in 1969 after students broke into the main administration building and vandalized it. He also prohibited students from occupying a building overnight.
During his tenure, Lyman launched a $300 million fundraising campaign for Stanford, then the largest kind in higher education.
He's survived by a wife, two daughters and two sons.
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