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Former Stanford president Richard Lyman dies at 88

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.

_{Sun, 27 May 2012 22:20:38 -0700}

2012 Memorial Day events across Bay Area

PALO ALTO

Stanford hospital and clinics will launch an ongoing "honoring united states military veterans program" Monday in which all Patients and employees who identify themselves as military veterans will be offered a red, white and blue wristband in recognition of their service.

SAN FRANCISCO

Start of the Sea to Shining Sea Bicycle ride Across America to honor service men and women and the american spirit. Many of the riders are wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Starts at Sports Basement, 610 old Mason St.,

San Francisco. Start time uncertain, call Mike Claver (309) 532-0664 to confirm.

Memorial Day 1.5-mile Alcatraz challenge swim. 8 a.m. Starts from a Hornblower yacht just off Alcatraz Island and ends At the east beach of Crissy Field, San Francisco.

Parade to start the annual Memorial Day ceremony in San Francisco's presidio, which officially begins at 11 a.m. Parade starts at the parade ground, Presidio and continues to the Presidio National Cemetery, San Francisco.

MARE ISLAND  

Memorial Day service at the Mare Island Preserve Cemetery. 9 a.m. Blake Avenue at the southeast end of Mare Island, Vallejo.

WALNUT CREEK

Walnut Creek's annual Memorial Day service. 10 a.m. Gazebo, Civic Park, North Broadway and Civic Drive, Walnut Creek.

OAKLAND 

The 91st annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony. 10 a.m. Mountain View Cemetery, 5000 Piedmont Ave., Oakland.

BENICIA

Memorial Day program at the Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery. 10 a.m. End of hospital road, historic Benicia Arsenal, Benicia

SAN BRUNO

"Price of Freedom" annual Memorial Day observance at Golden Gate National Cemetery.   10:30 a.m.  1300 Sneath Lane, San Bruno.

DANVILLE

Memorial Day remembrance program. 10:30 a.m. All Wars Memorial, Oak Hill Park, 3005 Stone Valley Road, Danville.

HILLSBOROUGH

Hillsborough Memorial Day parade and festival. 10:30 a.m. Starts at Hillsborough Town Hall, 1600 Floribunda Ave. And ends at North school, 545 Eucalyptus Ave., Hillsborough.

SAN JOSE

The 91st annual Memorial Day observance hosted by the United Veterans Council of Santa Clara County. 11 a.m. Oak Hill Memorial Park, 3000 Curtner Ave., San Jose.

LIVERMORE

Wings of Freedom display of Vintage Military Aircraft. Noon. Through Tuesday. Livermore Municipal Airport, 636 Terminal Circle, Livermore.

ALAMEDA

Memorial Day service aboard the uss hornet. 1 p.m. Includes a Memorial wreath ceremony and a parade. Includes a keynote speech by Cmdr. James Ridgway, commanding officer of the Naval Operational Support Center in Alameda. Pier 3, 707 W. Hornet Ave., Alameda.

POINT REYES

National Moment of Remembrance Ceremony for Memorial Day. 2 p.m. Historic Graveyard, G Ranch, just off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Point Reyes National Seashore.

LAFAYETTE

Memorial Day vigil at the crosses of Lafayette. 7 p.m. Deer Hill Road and Oak Hill Road, Lafayette

 

 

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9-year-old boy, father serious injured in motorcylce crash

A 9-year-old boy and his 52-year-old father were seriously injured Sunday morning when the motorcycle they were riding crashed with a car in Antioch this morning, according to Antioch police.

The crash was reported at 10:56 a.m. at the intersection of Deer Valley Road and Balfour Road, police said.

A 40-year-old Brentwood woman was turning south onto Deer Valley Road from Balfour Road when she collided with the father and son, both from Clayton, who were riding north on Deer Valley Road on a motorcycle, according to police.

The woman driver was not injured in the crash, but the boy and his father were airlifted to hospitals with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, police said.

Neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be a factor in the crash, police said.

_{Sun, 27 May 2012 19:01:53 -0700}

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