Bryson, Lyman

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1888-07-11
Death 1959-11-24
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Educator.

From the description of Reminiscences of Lyman Lloyd Bryson : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131513

Radio and television broadcaster, author, and educator. Full name: Lyman Lloyd Bryson.

From the description of Lyman Bryson papers, 1893-1978 (bulk 1917-1959). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980008

Biographical Note

1888, July 12 Born, Valentine, Nebr. 1910 A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1912 Married Hope Mersereau (died 1944) 1913 1917 Instructor in rhetoric and journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1915 M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1916 Published Smokey Roses. New York: Putnam & Sons 1917 1918 Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, national headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1919 Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, European headquarters, Paris, France Associate director, American Junior Red Cross Foreign Program 1920 1922 Director, Junior Red Cross Division, League of Red Cross Societies 1923 1924 Director of Publications, League of Red Cross Societies 1925 1932 Lecturer, University of California, Extension Division, Berkeley, Calif. 1928 1930 Director, San Diego Museum of Anthropology, San Diego, Calif. Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif. 1929 1932 Director, California Association for Adult Education 1932 1934 Leader, Public School Forum, Des Moines, Iowa 1934 1953 Professor of Education and Director of the Readability Laboratory, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, N.Y. 1936 Published Adult Education. New York: American Book Co. 1938 1942 Chairman, Adult Education Board, Columbia Broadcasting System 1938 1944 Moderated The People's Platform, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program 1939 Published Which Way America? Communism, Fascism, Democracy. New York: Macmillan & Co. Edited The People's Library. New York: Macmillan & Co. 1941 Published The New Prometheus. New York: Macmillan & Co. 1941 1943 Headed Department X, a committee studying potential postwar issues, Columbia Broadcasting System 1942 1943 Chief, Bureau of Special Operations, Office of War Information 1942 1945 Director of Education, Columbia Broadcasting System 1944 1946 President, American Association for Adult Education 1945 Married Katherine McGrattan 1945 1947 Moderated Problems of the Peace, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program (Time for Reason after March 1946) 1946 1947 Moderated Time for Reason About Radio, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program 1946 1959 Permanent moderator, Invitation to Learning, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program 1947 Appointed Counselor on Public Affairs, Columbia Broadcasting System Published Science and Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press 1950 1951 Moderated We Take Your Word, Columbia Broadcasting System radio and television program 1950 1959 Moderated Lamp Unto My Feet, Columbia Broadcasting System television program 1952 Published The Next America, Prophecy and Faith. New York: Harper & Brothers 1954 Published The Drive Toward Reason, In the Service of a Free People. New York: Harper & Brothers 1959, Nov. 24 Died, New York, N.Y. 1960 Published posthumously An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World. New York: McGraw-Hill

From the guide to the Lyman Bryson Papers, 1893-1978, (bulk 1917-1959), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Adult education
  • Broadcast journalism
  • Communication
  • Educator
  • Journalists
  • Philosophy
  • Public opinion
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio in education
  • Radio in education
  • Radio programs
  • Radio supplies industry
  • Science
  • Science
  • Social policy
  • Technology
  • Television in education
  • Television in education
  • Television programs
  • World economics
  • World politics

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  • Educators

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  • Europe (as recorded)
  • Asia (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
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  • Europe (as recorded)

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