Louis M. Lyons

Louis Martin Lyons (September 1, 1897 – April 11, 1982) was an American journalist in Massachusetts and curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Biography Lyons was born in Boston in 1897 and was a graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College,

In 1938 Lyons was part of the first group of people awarded the Nieman Fellowship. In 1940, he took the position of curator for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, where he worked until retiring in 1964. he was survived by his wife, a daughter, and three sons.

The Louis M. Lyons Award is named after him and "honors displays of conscience and integrity by individuals, groups or institutions in communications." The Louis M. Lyons Foundation was formed in 2005 to preserve his TV and radio broadcasts (for WGBH Boston) and also to compile his unpublished memoirs and various articles for publication.

Awards 1957: Peabody Award for Best Reporting and Interpretation of the News from a Local Station 1963: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award from Colby College Honorary Doctor of Laws from Colby College Alfred I. duPont Award