Lyman Bryson

{{Short description|American educator, media advisor and author}}

Lyman Lloyd Bryson (July 11, 1888 – November 24, 1959) was an American educator, media advisor and author known for his work in educational radio and television programs for CBS from the 1930s through the 1950s.{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2009/ms009195.pdf |title=Lyman Bryson Papers |publisher=Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 2009 |accessdate=2014-01-19}}

Biography

Born in Valentine, Nebraska, and educated at the University of Michigan, Bryson was a frequent guest on the radio game show Information, Please. Bryson served as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1934 to 1953.

Bryson chaired the Adult Education Board for CBS Radio, moderating such programs as The American School of the Air and Invitation to Learning. From 1938 to 1946 he hosted the public affairs program, The People's Platform,{{cite book |author=Goodman, David |title=Radio's Civic Ambition: American Broadcasting and Democracy in the 1930s |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York, N.Y. |year=2011 |pages=72 |isbn=9780231080385 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uy6lWnBcjNYC&q=lyman+bryson&pg=PA75 }} which was adapted for television (1948–1950).

Bryson died November 24, 1959, at age 71."Bryson Memorial Set: Service for Educator to be Held Monday at Columbia". The New York Times, December 4, 1959

Literature

Bryson, Lyman (1948). Autobiographical essay in {{cite book|last1=Finkelstein|first1=Louis|title=American Spiritual Autobiographies: Fifteen Self-Portraits|date=1948|publisher=Harper and Brothers|location=New York|pages=65–82}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0117465}}
[http://www.otrrpedia.net/getpersonF.php?PN=1035 Lyman Bryson] at the Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Category:1888 births

Category:1959 deaths

Category:20th-century American educators

Category:University of Michigan alumni

Category:People from Valentine, Nebraska

Category:CBS Radio