Richard W. Lyman, president of Stanford University, papers, 1965-1981.

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Richard W. Lyman, president of Stanford University, papers, 1965-1981.

Records from his term as President of Stanford University, along with the records of the Provost. Some of the records were generated by the previous administration of Kenneth Pitzer.

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Lyman, Richard W.

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Richard Lyman was Stanford's seventh president, serving from September 1970 to the summer of 1980. He first came to Stanford in 1958 to teach in the history department; he served as vice president and provost from 1967 to 1970. Under Lyman's leadership, the university first embarked on rigorous cost control and budget-cutting programs, and then on the ambitious "Campaign for Stanford" to raise $300 million. The successful five-year drive raised $132 million for the university's endowment and add...

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Pitzer, Kenneth.

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