Background
Lyon, Irving was born on May 10, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Charles and Belle (Kvitky) Lyon.
biochemist consultant researcher
Lyon, Irving was born on May 10, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Charles and Belle (Kvitky) Lyon.
Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942; Master of Arts in Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1946-1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1952.
Research general laboratory assistant University California, Berkeley, 1949-1952. Research biochemist medical department The Toni Company, Chicago, 1954-1958. Assistant professor biological chemistry University Illinois College Medicine, 1958-1962.
Associate professor biochemistry The Chicago Medical School, 1962-1967. Professor biology Bennington (Vermont) College, 1967-1972. Special consultant State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission, Los Angeles, 1975.
Consultant environmental health and nutrition, since 1975. Assistant research physiologist University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, 1979-1989. Research biochemist United States V.A. Wadsworth Hospital Center, Los Angeles, 1979-1989.
Consultant New England Coalition versus Nuclear Pollution, Bennington and Brattleboro, Vermont, 1968-1972, Another Mother for Peace, Beverly Hills, California, 1974-1979, Psychemedics Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1988-1989. Invited lecturer various university and research institutes. Captain United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, 1942-1946, Aleutian Islands.
Captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physiological Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi (president 1967-1968).
Married Harriette Goodman, October 16, 1948. Children: David, Charles, Lawrence.