Person

Nelson, Lyle M.

1918–1997

Nelson, emeritus professor of communication at the time of his death in 1997, came to Stanford in 1961 as director of university relations. In 1968 he became executive head of the department of communication and served as the department's chairman from 1972 to 1979. He was named the Thomas M. Storke Distinguished Professor of Communication in 1973. In the early 1970s, Nelson helped raise funds to back the STANFORD DAILY's protest of a Palo Alto police raid on its offices, a case the DAILY lost in the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1984, Nelson won the Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award, Stanford's highest honor for exceptional service to the university ... Sept. 11, 1997: Lyle M. Nelson, who played a leading role in several graduate fellowship programs, including the John S. Knight Fellowships program at Stanford University, died on Friday at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 79 ... Nelson, Lyle Morgan was born on February 28, 1918 in Yamhill, Oregon, United States. Son of Guy Calvin and Bessie Alzine (Morgan) Nelson.