Harold C. Lyon, Jr.

Who is Harold C. Lyon, Jr.?

Harold C. Lyon, Jr. is Guest Professor of Medical Education at the University of Munich, Germany where he does research and teaches physicians to be more effective teachers. He is known for his work as an educator and psychologist with focus on person-centered teaching and therapy. He is an author, educator, psychologist, and outdoor writer who was the original project officer for the development of Sesame Street, Sesame Street Link label, the author of 7 books and 150 articles on subjects including military strategy, leadership, education, multimedia, psychology, research, hunting, and fishing. He is a featured speaker about his outdoor books and articles at sport, fishing and hunting shows in New England and in Germany. He has participated in research showing that interactive multi-media for teaching medical students clinical reasoning and diagnosis results in significant efficiency gains compared to traditional text material with the same content.

Lyon is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, George Washington University, and the University of Massachusetts He was a former Ranger-paratrooper Army officer, serving in the 101st Airborne Division, and as aide to the commanding general of the Second Infantry Division, sent to Oxford Mississippi in 1962 to enforce the court orders to integrate James Meredith into the University of Mississippi James Meredith Link label. and integrate the University of Alabama, in 1963 against the wishes of Governor George Wallace. George Wallace Link label Lyon served as the first Director of Education for the Gifted & Talented in the U.S. Department of Education for 8 years, assistant to the president of Ohio University, consultant to the White House Task Force on the Gifted and Talented, and has served on the faculties of Georgetown University as Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Psychology, Antioch College as Abraham Maslow Professor, Dartmouth Medical School as C. Everett Koop Fellow, Notre Dame College as Professor of Health Sciences, and the University of Massachusetts as Horace Mann Lecturer. He has been a Fulbright Professor, a NIH Fogarty Senior International Fellow, and an Apple Fellow in Germany. He received the Gold Medal in the 32nd International Film & TV Festival of New York, a CINDY Award, and the Blue Ribbon in the American Film & Video Festival for his productions of the Informed Patient Decision Procedure.