Leverett S. Lyon

Leverett Samuel Lyon (December 11, 1885 – 1959) was an American economist, lawyer and business executive, known for his works on education, government, marketing,[1] and economic life, and particularly on the National Recovery Administration.

[2][3] Born in Sollitt, Illinois to Edward Payson Lyon and Charlotte Rose, Lyon obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree at Beloit College, where he joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and then his law degree at the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1915.

At University of Chicago he obtained his MA in 1919 and his PhD in 1921[4] with his thesis, titled "A functional approach to social-economic data.

In 1929 he left academia and joined the American centrist think tank the Brookings Institution, where he was executive vice-president from 1932 to 1939.

In 1939 he moved to the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, where he served as its chief executive officer from until his retirement in 1954.