Background
Lyon, Melvin was born on May 17, 1930 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard and Lillian Emma (Foss) Lyon.
Lyon, Melvin was born on May 17, 1930 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard and Lillian Emma (Foss) Lyon.
Master of Arts, Boston University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1958.
Assistant professor psychology, Adelphi U., Garden City, New York, 1960-1965; assistant professor anatomy, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1965-1967; assistant professor psychology, Copenhagen U., 1969-1972; associate professor psychology, Copenhagen U., 1972-1985; professor psychology, Copenhagen U., 1985-1990; associate professor psychiatry and behavioral science, U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, since 1990.
Married Ruth Adams Flagg, 1951 (divorced 1967). Children: Katherine, Thomas Richard. Married Birgit Blatt, 1967 (divorced 1982).
Children: Erik, Andreas. Married Nancy Lee Gottschall, June 30, 1983.