Background
Lyman, Evelyn May was born on June 18, 1910 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Frederick Clinton and Lillie Royce (Sykes) Lyman.
Lyman, Evelyn May was born on June 18, 1910 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Frederick Clinton and Lillie Royce (Sykes) Lyman.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts State College (now U. Massachusetts), 1931. Master of Education, Boston University, 1965. Director homemaking Young Women's Christian Association, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1931-1937.
Home demonstration agent Kennebec County, Maine, Cooperative Extension Service, 1937-1938.
Director home economics Mount Silinda Institute, Mount Silinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, 1938-1944. Home demonstration agent Oxford County, Maine, 1945-1947, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1947-1955.
Associate extension professor home management U. Rhode Island, Kingston, from 1955.
Director homemaking Young Women's Christian Association, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1931-1937. Director home economics Mountain.
Member American Rhode Island (vice president 1958-1960) home economics associations, Nutrition Council Rhode Island (vice president 1962-1964, president 1964), Epsilon Sigma Phi (annalist 1963, secretary 1967-1968, president 1969-1970).