Background
Lyon, George Harry was born on April 2, 1890 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Harry Fred and Minnie (Lester) Lyon.
Lyon, George Harry was born on April 2, 1890 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Harry Fred and Minnie (Lester) Lyon.
Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, 1913.
Reporter, 1914-1919; editor Binghamton Morning Sun, 1919-1921. Night city editor, New York Evening Telegram, 1921-1927, assistant city editor, 1927-1929, later city editors City editor, New York World-Telegram, 1929-1933.
Editor The Buffalo Times, 1933-1940.
Managing editor, The Newspaper Prime Minister, 1940-1941. Deputy director United States Office of War Information, attached to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1945.
Served in photographic section, Signal corpus, United States army, 1918-1919. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi.
Married Elizabeth Darrow, September 11, 1919 (died October 6, 1931). Married second, Eva Bryan, January 7, 1932. Children: Sally Antonia, John Sherwin, Eve.