Background
Render, Sylvia Lyons was born on June 8, 1913 in Atlanta. Daughter of Lewis Rudolph and Mamie Beatrice (Foster) Lyons.
Render, Sylvia Lyons was born on June 8, 1913 in Atlanta. Daughter of Lewis Rudolph and Mamie Beatrice (Foster) Lyons.
Bachelor of Science, Tennessee State University, 1934;
postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1934-1935;
Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1952;
Doctor of Philosophy, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1962.
Employment interviewer, assistant statistician, United States Employment Service, Columbus, Ohio., 1943-1946;
correspondent analyst, VA, Columbus, 1946-1950;
instructor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, 1952-1956;
assistant Professor of English, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1960-1962;
associate professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1960-1962;
professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1962-1963;
professor, North Carolina Central U., Durham, 1964-1975;
specialist in Afro-American History and culture, manuscript division, Library of Congress, Washington, 1973-1982;
free lance lecturer, consultant Afro-American History and criticism, research andwriter in literature, Alexandria, Virginia, from 1983;
member adjunct faculty, George Peadbody College for Teachers, Nashville, 1970;
member adjunct faculty, George Washington University, Washington, 1974-1977.
Board of directors Hopkins House, Alexandria, 1980-1981. Member Master of Library Science (delegate assembly 1975-1977), National Council Teachers English (workshop director 1982). Grantee Daniel A.P. Murray Afro-American Culture Association (founder).
Member (president 1980-1981 scholarship in her named), Afro-American History and General Society (charter).
Married, July 14, 1935 (divorced 1943). 1 son, Frank Wyatt World War II.