Background
Lyon, Marcus Ward was born on February 5, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, United States. Son of Marcus Ward and Lydia Anna (Post) Lyon.
Zoologist Bacteriologist and pathologist
Lyon, Marcus Ward was born on February 5, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, United States. Son of Marcus Ward and Lydia Anna (Post) Lyon.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1897. North Carolina Medical College, 1897-1898. Master of Science, 1900, Doctor of Medicine 1902, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913, George Washington University.
Instructor bacteriology, North Carolina Medical College, 1897-1898. Aid, later assistant curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum, Washington, 1898-1912. Assistant professor physiology, 1903-1904, 1907-1909, professor bacteriology, 1909-1915, Howard University, Washington.
Professor bacteriology and pathology, 1915-1917, professor veterinary zoölogy and parasitology, 1917-1918, George Washington University Pathologist, Walter Reed General Hospital, 1917-1919.
Major Medical Roman Catholic, September 1919.
Fellow American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Saint Joseph County Medical Society (past president), Society American Bacteriologists, Washington Academy Sciences, Biological Society Washington (secretary 1915-1919), American Chemical Society, American Society Parasitologists, Ecological Society America, American Society Mammalogists (president 1931-1933), Washington Biologists’ Field. Clubs: University (past president), Round Table, Cosmos (Washington).
Married Martha Maria Brewer (Master of Science, Doctor of Medicine), December 31, 1902.