The Study of History at SJSU



	Faculty
	Elizabeth Ansnes John Bernhardt Rob Cirivilleri Michael Conniff Patricia Lopes Don Glen Gendzel Libra Hilde Patricia Evridge Hill Iris Jerke Allison Katsev Rajiv Khanna Benjamin Kline Robert Kumamoto Gus Lease Phillip Lyman Margo McBane Aime McNamara David Meir-Levi Danelle Moon Eric Narveson Mary Pickering Rick Propas E. Bruce Reynolds Jonathan Roth Gaius Stern Stanley Underdal Mary Lynn Wilson		Phillip Lyman Lecturer. Juris Doctorate University of South Carolina, 1977. M.B.A. University of South Carolina, 1977. M.A. San Jose State University, 2004. B.A. Stanford University, 1970. Office: Dudley Moorhead Hall (DMH) 237B Email: Phone: 408-924-5522
			Areas of Interest U.S. History. Colonial American History. Majority/Minority Relations in U.S. History. U.S. Foreign Relations.
	Staff
	Diana Baker Crystal Hupp		Current Courses History 171: U.S. Constitutional History
			Publications and Authorships • Gardenia White, as Trustee, et al. v. James Holmes; the heirs of James Holmes, et al; Beaufort County Civil Action No. 85-CP-07-1169; devised the legal template for Low Country South Carolina Quiet Title Actions by which African-American owners of "heirs property" could effectively oppose loss of their land to unscrupulous developers, and gain its fair market value for their families, 1987. • Race Relations and Equal Opportunity (RREO) Program, USAIC Circular No. 600-91; the first Regulation of its kind in the U.S. Army, November 1972. • Featured as a discussion leader in ABC News Documentary on race relations in the U.S. Military, "Don't Call Me Boy," broadcast nationally, August, 1972. • Race Relations Film Handbook , Headquarters, USAIC, April, 1972. • Race Relations Seminars Handbook for Moderators , Headquarters, USAIC, March, 1972, August, 1971. • Editor, Race Relations Programs at Fort Benning , August, 1971.
			Biography A native of Orangeburg , South Carolina , I came of age watching the Civil Rights movement, including a lot of violence in my hometown. I became absorbed by the question, "Is America a truly great nation, or merely a powerful one?" This led to my life-long study of American History as well as my interest in teaching History. I received my undergraduate degree in History while at Stanford-in-Britain in 1970. Within weeks at the U.S. Embassy in London , England I was sworn into active military service as a commissioned officer and posted to Fort Benning , Georgia . After Airborne training I volunteered for service in the "Race Relations Coordinating Group," a six person special staff directly advising on race relations and equal opportunity to the base Commanding General and subordinate brigade commanders and staff. I wrote the textbook for, designed the curriculum, and for eighteen months supervised the first US Army training school for small group discussion leaders of in-unit race relations seminars, and authored the first regulation in force at a major American military installation spelling out duties for commanders to effectively recognize cultural diversity in order to enhance mission accomplishment. This program served as a prototype for mid-1970s and later Department of Defense programs and policy on race relations and cultural diversity. Later, I served 1973-74 as the Adjutant, 43d Engineering Battalion (Construction) at Fort Benning . I was honorably discharged as a Captain in 1974. I completed my law studies earning a Juris Doctorate degree as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1977. I practiced law on Hilton Head Island , South Carolina for twelve years, with significant local civic activities. In 1990 I moved with my family to California where I spent a total of ten years in the private practice of law and most of three years, 1996-99, as the General Counsel of a Silicon Valley manufacturer and wholesaler of computer peripheral devices. Appointed a United States Administrative Law Judge in 2004, I have since December, 2005 served as the Hearing Office Chief Judge, San Jose office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration. I am married to Yuli Ma Lyman, a 1974 graduate of National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan , and we have three children. Joe is studying Architecture at Cal Poly, and Phillip and Elizabeth are both study psychology at U.C. Santa Cruz.