James Burroughs Lyon

Background

Lyon, James Burroughs was born on May 11, 1930 in New York City. Son of Francis Murray and Edith May (Strong) Lyon.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1952; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1955.

Career

Assistant football coach, Yale University, 1953-1955; associate, Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney (and predecessor), Hartford, Connecticut, 1956-1961; partner, Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney (and predecessor), Hartford, Connecticut, 1961-1996; counsel, Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney (and predecessor), Hartford, Connecticut, since 1996. Member of advisory committee, lecturer and session leader New York University Institute on Federal Taxation,1973-1986. Member Internal Revenue Service Northeast Key District's Exempt Orgns.

Liaison Group, Brooklyn, since 1993.

Achievements

• James Burroughs Lyon has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman 13th Conference Charitable Organisation New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, 1982. Trustee Kingswood-Oxford School, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1961-1991, honorary trustee, since 1991, chairman of the board of trustees, 1975-1978. Member Executive Committee, chairman Amherst College Alumni Council, 1963-1969.

Trustee Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, since 1974, chairman of the board of trustees, 1991-1993. Trustee Ella Burr McManus Trust, Hartford, since 1980, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust, Norfolk, Connecticut, since 1994, Hartford Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1985, St. Francis Foundation, since 1991, Watkinson Library.,1990-. Trustee Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1968-1993, president, 1981-1984, honorary trustee, since 1993.

Secretary board of trustees Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, since 1993, trustee, since 1994. Corporator Institute Living, since 1981, Hartford Hospital, since 1975, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, since 1976, Hartford Public Library., since 1979. Board directors Connecticut Policy and Economics Committee, Inc., since 1991.

Member Connecticut advising committee New England Legal Foundation, since 1991. Board visiting Hartford ArtSch., since 1995. Fellow American Bar Association (member exempt organization committee, co-chairperson subcommittee on music and other cultural organizations section of taxation since 1988), American College Tax Counsel.

Member American Law Institute, Connecticut State Srs. Golf Association, Hartford Golf Club, Yale Club, Union Club New York City, Dauntless Club (Essex, Connecticut), Wianno Club (Osterville, Massachusetts), Mory's Association (New Haven), Yale Golf Club, University Club Hartford (president 1976-1977), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

Francis Murray Lyon

Mother:

Edith May (Strong) Lyon