RICHARDSON, Texas (April 21, 2008)—The International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis (ICDRiA) has welcomed Executive in Residence Dr. Hylan B. Lyon to The UT Dallas School of Management to collaborate with ICDRiA on water resource management research and industrial problems.
Dr. Lyon's career includes serving with the Advanced Aircraft Instrumentation (JANAIR) program of the U.S. Office of Naval Research from 1972 to 1975 with two assignments in the President's Science Advisors Office under Presidents Nixon and Ford; deputy director of the Science, Technology and Industry Directorate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France; and senior consultant to the White House Office of Science and Technology's Policy on International Science and Technology under President Carter.
Dr. Lyon spent 10 years with Texas Instruments (TI), during which his experience relevant to risk management and water resources included serving as a back-up member for TI on President Carter's National Agenda for the 80's Commission and as chairman of the National Defense University Distinguished Fellows with oversight of the Mobilization Concepts Development Center for three years. After his time with TI, Dr. Lyon served as chief technology officer for Dallas-based Marlow Industries for 15 years.
