Emeritus Professor Lyle K. Alberts, of Cedar Falls, died on January 18, 2000 after a brief illness.  A memorial service was held at the Commons on the UNI campus on Saturday, January 22, at 1:30 p.m.

Lyle was born in Clear Lake, South Dakota, in 1934, and served in the military from 1954 through 1955.   He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and did post-graduate work at the University of Hawaii.  Lyle spent several years as a social studies teacher in the Algona Community Schools before coming to UNI as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science in 1964.  He retired from UNI in December, 1997.

Lyle is survived by his wife, Joyce, also a former UNI employee, and their three children and six grandchildren:  Debra Grummer (husband, Jeff) of Ames, Iowa (their children Megan, Matthew and Molly); David Alberts (wife, Lynn) of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey (and their children Michael, Emily and Patrick); and Steven Alberts of Boston, Massachusetts.