Charles Peirson Lyman

Background

Lyman, Charles Peirson was born on September 23, 1912 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry and Elizabeth (Cabot) Lyman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1936; A.M., Harvard University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1942.

Career

Assistant curator mammals, Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1951; associate curator mammals, Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1951-1956; research associate, Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1956-1958; curator in mammalogy, Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1968-1982; curator, Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1970-1982; associate, Harvard Medical School, 1949-1960; assistant professor anatomy, Harvard Medical School, 1960-1967; associate professor anatomy, Harvard Medical School, 1967-1976; professor biology, Harvard Medical School, 1976-1982. Member National Institutes of Health Study Section, 1965-1969. Member of national advisory board Biotron, 1965-1975.

Member standing committee Trustees Public Reservations. Trustee Massachusetts Society Promoting Agriculture.

Achievements

• Charles Peirson Lyman has been listed as a noteworthy comparative physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to major United States Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Zoological Society, American Physiological Society, American Academy Arts and Science, Sigma Xi.

Clubs: Harvard, Tavern, Dedham Country and Polo.

Connections

Married Jane Hunnewell Cheever, June 21, 1941. Children– Charles Peirson, Jane Sargent, Theodore, David Russell, Elizabeth Anne.

Father:

Henry Lyman

Mother:

Elizabeth (Cabot) Lyman

Spouse:

Jane Hunnewell Cheever

child:

Jane Sargent Lyman

child:

Charles Peirson Lyman

child:

David Russell Lyman

child:

Elizabeth Anne Lyman

child:

Theodore Lyman