Background
Lyons, Gerald Edward was born on October 2, 1892 in Cresco, Iowa, United States. Son of Denis Augustus and Catharine (Fitzgerald) Lyons.
Lyons, Gerald Edward was born on October 2, 1892 in Cresco, Iowa, United States. Son of Denis Augustus and Catharine (Fitzgerald) Lyons.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia (now Loras) College, Dubuque, Iowa, 1913, Doctor of Laws, 1937. Student University of Minnesota Law School, 1913-1916.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1916, and began practice in Cresco. Member McCook & Lyons, 1916-1932. Private practice, 1932-1934.
Member Elwood, Lyons & Elwood since 1934.
General counsel Farm Credit Administration, Omaha, 1934-1936. General solicitor, same, Washington, District of Columbia, 1936-1938, deputy governor, same, 1939-March 1940.
Again practicing law in firm of Elwood, Lyons & Elwood, Cresco, Iowa.
Served in 313th Trench Mortar Battery, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Member American Legion (former post and district commander), Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Cresco Country.
Married Florence Katherine Drewry, June 28, 1919. Children: Mary Ellen, Gerald Edward, Thomas Judd, William Drewry.