Peter Lyon

September 30, 1915 (age 81)

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Lyon wrote radio scripts for “Cavalcade of America,” “Eternal Life,” and “March of Time.” He also served with the Office of War Information during World War II. He came under attack from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Congressional Investigation on Un-American Activities while Lyon was president of the Radio Writers Guild, now known as the Writers Guild of America. In 1955, his "Alcoholism" was published, a book which Lyon authored with Ruth Fox. He contributed many articles to magazines, such as Redbook and Reader’s Digest. His other major works are The Wild, Wild West, To Hell in a Day Coach: An Exasperated Look at American Railroads, and Eisenhower: A Portrait of the Hero. Lyon died on October 14, 1996 in Kingston, New York, United States.