Emeriti Faculty
John R. Lyman
B.S. (Tufts University, 1947)
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical
Engineering
Professor John Lyman received the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from Tufts College in 1947, and began his 44 years of continuous
service to the University of Maine in 1948. For 12 of those years
he was also chair of the department.
John's contributions to the department, college and university
were significant at many levels. He provided stability in the
leadership of the university as a chairman of the Council of
Colleges in a period of extreme student unrest. Furthermore,
he played the role of elder statesman on numerous university
committees, task teams and councils.
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