[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD W. LYMAN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 19, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the rich and 
accomplished life of Richard W. Lyman, Stanford University's seventh 
president, who died on May 27, 2012, at his home in Palo Alto at the 
age of 88.
  The eloquent words of Stanford University President John Hennessy 
bear quoting: ``Dick Lyman was a man of great strength, integrity, 
common sense and good humor. It was a privilege to know him, and I am 
deeply saddened by his death. His impact on Stanford was profound. He 
guided the university through some of the most turbulent years in its 
history, and under his leadership, Stanford not only survived, it 
flourished. He had an unswerving belief in academic freedom and 
universities, and he inspired that commitment in others. We are very 
fortunate--and certainly the better--for having known him and for 
having his courageous, committed leadership and service to Stanford.''
  Richard Lyman was born in 1923 in Pennsylvania and was raised in New 
Haven, Connecticut. His father was an attorney and his mother a French 
teacher. His education at Swarthmore College was interrupted by three 
years of service in the Army Air Forces Weather Service, and after 
college he began graduate studies leading to a Ph.D. in history at 
Harvard. He spent two years as a Fulbright Fellow at the London School 
of Economics, and two summers writing for The Economist. He also taught 
history at Washington University in St. Louis from 1954 to 1958.
  Richard Lyman came to Stanford in 1958, with the great love of his 
life, Jing, whom he married in 1947. He became a full professor in 
1962, and rose through the ranks, becoming Stanford's president in 
1970, a post he held until 1980. He served in some of the most 
turbulent years in our Nation's history, and in the opinion of many, he 
saved Stanford from collapse and greatly enhanced its prestige.
  After leaving Stanford, he held many important posts, including 
President of the Rockefeller Foundation and Vice Chair of the National 
Council on the Humanities. He returned to Stanford in 1988 and 
developed a forum for interdisciplinary research on key international 
issues, and retired in 1991.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in 
honoring the life of one of the most distinguished and extraordinarily 
accomplished leaders of our country, and to extend our deepest 
condolences to his devoted wife Jing, and his four children Jennifer 
Lyman, Rev. Holly Antolini, Christopher Lyman, Timothy Lyman, and his 
four grandchildren.
  Richard Lyman's leadership brought great distinction to our community 
and strengthened our Nation. I am blessed to have known him, and our 
country was blessed by his high sense of citizenship and patriotism.

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