E. Wilson Lyon

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E. Wilson Lyon
6th President of Pomona College
In office July 1, 1941 – July 1, 1969
Preceded by	Charles K. Edmunds
Succeeded by	David Alexander
Personal details
Born	Elijah Wilson Lyon (1905-01-06)January 6, 1905 Heidelberg, Mississippi
Died	March 4, 1989(1989-03-04) (aged 84) Pomona, California
Spouse	Carolyn Lyon
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Mississippi St John's College, Oxford
Profession	Academic

Elijah Wilson Lyon (1904–1989) was an American diplomatic historian who was the sixth president of Pomona College from 1941 to 1969. Born in Mississippi, he studied at the University of Mississippi and Colgate University, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.^[1] During his tenure at Pomona, he guided the college through a transformational and turbulent period, and he is credited with helping shape it into a leading liberal arts institution. After his retirement, he wrote a history of the college, published in 1977.