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...Over 200 Nieman Fellows, their guests, and Pierre Salinger honored Louis M. Lyons, retiring Curator of the Nieman Foundation, at a Faculty Club dinner Friday...
...Niemans applauded Lyons profusely and praised him lavishly. They also cheered President Pusey when he said, "I can assure you that the Nieman program will be continued." Pusey reported that a wide survey of journalists taken last winter indicates that "everyone wants to see the program continued...
Since 1938, some 300 selected newsmen have left their beats to spend a thoughtful academic year at Harvard, taking whatever courses appealed to them. These permissive annual fellowships were made possible by a gift from Mrs. Lucius W. Nieman in memory of her husband, founder of the Milwaukee Journal. Except for the first year's class when Poet Archibald MacLeish was curator, every Nieman fellow has shared the same counselor during his days at Harvard. But last week Nieman Curator Louis M. Lyons, 66, was preparing to retire...
...find a successor for Curator Lyons, Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey looked no farther than the Nieman alumni list. There, with a little help from Lyons, Pusey found Dwight E. Sargent, 47, a Nieman fellow (1950-51) who newspapered in Maine and, since 1959, has edited the New York Herald Tribune's editorial page. The transition next July should be smooth. Like Lyons, Sargent warms to journalism's scholastic overtones. Moreover, says Lyons, "he's a very comfortable person to have around." Which was just how Dwight Sargent and all the other fellows felt about Louis Lyons...
...major innovations in the Nieman program are in the offing, Sargent said, adding that the "solid foundation" Lyons has built made any changes unnecessary. He praised Lyons' "magnificent job" in developing the Fellowships from "nothing to a universally respected institution...