MOUNT VERNON - A memorial service for David Lyon, professor emeritus of biology, will be held Saturday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. in King Chapel.
Obituary published in The Sun
Feb. 22, 2006
MOUNT VERNON - The college is deeply saddened to report the death of David Lyon, professor emeritus of biology. David died Monday, Feb. 20, in the Bahamas, where he was volunteering with Term 6 biology classes. Biology professors Craig Tepper and Bob Black, geology professor Ben Greenstein, and sociology and anthropology professor Alfrieta Monagan are teaching courses in the Bahamas this term; they are working with their students to help them deal with this situation. The classes are scheduled to leave the Bahamas on Friday, Feb. 24, for their return to campus Saturday, Feb. 25. Cornell’s counseling services are available to all students who feel they need assistance at this time, and the Employee Assistance Program is available for faculty and staff.
David taught at Cornell from 1965 to 1998. His love of birds lured him to mountains in Mexico and Arizona to study wintering hummingbirds and to fields in Nebraska and Iowa to observe ringneck pheasants. Thousands of students have studied and traveled with him.
The college extends its prayers and condolences to David’s family, friends, and colleagues at this difficult time. Further announcements will be made as arrangements for services are finalized.
"Birds' best friend," a profile of David Lyon, was published in the
Cornell Report, summer 1998, upon his retirement.
