Background
Lyrot, Alain Herve De was born on August 19, 1926 in Paris, France. Son of Herve and Emilie (De Villahermose) De Lyrot.
Lyrot, Alain Herve De was born on August 19, 1926 in Paris, France. Son of Herve and Emilie (De Villahermose) De Lyrot.
Student, Columbia, 1945-1948; student, University Paris, 1952-1954.
Researcher, reporter, correspondent, New York Herald Tribune, Paris and New York City, 1945-1961; editor, Continent, Paris, 1961-1962; spokesman, French Information Ministry, Paris, 1962-1964; European Bureau chief, Copley News Service, Paris, 1964-1966; editor-in-chief, Selection du Reader's Digest, Paris, 1966-1970; executive editor international edits, Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1971-1986; editorial consultant, Reader's Digest, 1986-1987; editor, public, L'Aventure Du XX Siécle, Paris, since 1987.
Member of Travellers' (Paris).
Married Mary Elizabeth Allen, December 21, 1961. Children— Herve, Antoine.