Elias Potter Lyon

Background

Lyon, Elias Potter was born on October 20, 1867 in Cambria, Michigan, United States. Son of Nelson J. and Mary (Hebard) Lyon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Hillsdale College, 1891, Bachelor of Arts, 1892. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1897. Honorary Doctor of Medicine Saint Louis University, 1910, Doctor of Laws, 1920.

Honorary Doctor of Science, Hillsdale College, Michigan, 1924, University of Southern California, 1930.

Career

Instructor Hillsdale College, 1890-1892, Harvard School, Chicago, 1892-1896, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois, 1897-1900. Assistant professor, Rush Medical College, 1900-1904. Assistant Professor physiology and assistant dean, University of Chicago, 1901-1904.

Professor physiology, 1904-1913, dean, 1907-1913.

Saint Saint Louis University Medical School. Professor physiology and dean, University of Minnesota Medical School, since 1913.

Biologist. Cook Greenland expedition, 1894.

Investigator United States bureau of Fisheries, 1908-1911. Investigator, Marine Biological Laboratory various summers.

Trustee of same, 1921. Trustee Hillsdale College, 1925.

Lieutenant colonel, United States of America Reserve, Sanitary Corps, retired.

Home: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Achievements

• Elias Potter Lyon has been listed as a noteworthy physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Nellie P. Eastman, September 1, 1897.

Father:

Nelson J. Lyon

Mother:

Mary (Hebard) Lyon

Spouse:

Nellie P. Eastman