Background
Lyon, Dorsey Alfred was born on July 17, 1871 in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter S. and Sarah S. (McKune) Lyon.
director Utah Engineering Experiment Station
Lyon, Dorsey Alfred was born on July 17, 1871 in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter S. and Sarah S. (McKune) Lyon.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1898. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1902; Doctor of Science, University of Utah, 1922. Unmarried.
Instructor. Geology and Mining, 1898-1899. Assistant Professor Mining and Metallurgy, 1899-1900. Professor, University of Washington, 1901.
With United States Mining and Smelting Company, Midvale, Utah, 1902-1903. Assistant Professor Metallurgy, Stanford, 1903-1907. Manager Noble Electric Steel Company, Heroult, California, 1907-1911.
Consulting Metallurgist, Electro-Metals Company, London, England, 1911-1913. Metallurgist, 1913-1919. Chief Metallurgist, 1919-1927.
Supervisor of Stations, 1917-1927. Assistant Director, 1923-1926. Supervising Engineer Intermountain Experiment Station, since 1927.
All of United States Bureau of Mines. Director of Utah Engineering Experiment Station of Utah, since 1927. Co-author of several bulletins of United States Bureau of Mines dealing with use of electric furnace in metallurgical work.
Member: American Institute, of Mining and Met. Engineers; American Mining and Met. Society; American Mining Congress.
Delta Upsilon; Sigma Xi. Tau Beta Pi; Theta Tau. Elks. Clubs: University (Salt Lake City), Cosmos (Washington).