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for Lyon, Peter, 1915-1996
Biography"Peter Lyon, an author of books, radio scripts and magazine articles, died on Monday, October 14, 1996 at a nursing home in Kingston, N.Y.; he was 81; Mr. Lyon made his mark as a writer for such 1940s radio shows as ''March of Time'' and ''Cavalcade of America;'' he also wrote shows for ''Theater Guild of the Air'' and ''The Eternal Light,'' among others; he served as president of the Radio Writers Guild, a forerunner of the Writers Guild of America, and in 1950, when the Guild was under investigation by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, he was blacklisted by the radio broadcasting industry; Mr. Lyon, whose original name was Robert Crawford Lyon, was born in Madison, Wis. in 1915; his family moved to Princeton, N.J., soon after his birth; he was a graduate of Williams College and worked briefly for Architectural Forum magazine before starting in radio; his books include ''Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure,'' a 1963 biography of his maternal grandfather who was the muckraking editor of McClure's magazine; the book won a George Polk Memorial Award; among his other books are ''The Wild, Wild West'' and ''Eisenhower: Portrait of the Hero')"--NY Times obituary
