Bryson, Lyman

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)