Larry Lyon
- Professor Emeritus
Dr. Lyon retired at the end of the 2024 - 2025 academic year after 50 years at Baylor University and over 47 years of teaching experience.
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975
B.A. Sociology, Baylor University, 1971
Biography
Dr. Lyon graduated from Baylor in 1971 and returned to join the sociology faculty at his alma mater four years later. He was named director of the Baylor Center for Community Research and Development in 1979, and appointed dean of the Graduate School in 1998. His half-century of service at BU includes not only teaching and administration but also chairing the Faculty Senate and leading an instrumental self-study of the university in the mid 1990s. Under his leadership, the Graduate School has grown to include 5,000+ students across 100+ in-person, online and professional programs. That growth also played a large part in Baylor reaching R1 status in 2021.
