Background
Lyon, Elijah Wilson was born on June 6, 1904 in Heidelberg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Rufus and Willia (Wilson) Lyon.
Lyon, Elijah Wilson was born on June 6, 1904 in Heidelberg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Rufus and Willia (Wilson) Lyon.
Bachelor of Arts, University Mississippi, 1925; Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1927; B. Little (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1932; Doctor of Laws, Colgate University, 1945; Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1958; Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, 1966; Doctor of Laws, Clarement Men's College, 1967; Doctor of Laws, College Idaho, 1967; Doctor of Literature, Occidental College, 1947; Doctor of Literature, U. Redlands, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters, Trinity College, 1955; Doctor of Humane Letters, Claremont Graduate School, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters, Hamilton College, 1974; Doctor of Humane Letters, Pomona College, 1974.
Assistant professor, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, 1928-1929;
from assistant professor to professor of history, Colgate University, 1929-1941;
president, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1941-1969;
president emeritus, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1969-1989. Honorary director Adam H. Bartel Company, Richmond, Indiana. Teacher summer school Syracuse University, 1935-1936, U. Rochester, 1940, U. Missouri, 1941.
Chairman commission on college students American Council Education, 1957-1958, chairman commission on language and area centers, 1960-1961, member of commission on federal relations, 1960-1963, member overseas liaison committee, 1962-1968. Member National Commision on Accrediting, 1957-1960,Pacific Regional Committee for Marshall scholarships, 1960-1966.
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Member California Special Crime Study Commission on Organized Crime, 1951-1952. Trustee Pacific School Religion, 1969-1985, Pomona College (honorary), Latin American scholarship program of America Universities, 1968-1971, John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1968-1983. Honorary trustee Institute International Education.
Trustee emeritus Claremont University Center. Member Western College Association (president 1943-1944), American Council Learned Societies (Pacific Coast committee on humanities 1947-1958), American, Southern history associations, Organization American Historians, Louisiana, Mississippi, Southern California history societies, Council Foreign Relations, Town Hall, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: University (Los Angeles).
University (Pasadena).
Married Carolyn M. Bartel, August 26, 1933. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Julian Pierce Webb), John Wilson.