Dr. Eugene Lyon

Dear Lyon family, Your dad remains in my memory always. Just seeing his photo here immediately brings back so many experiences shared with him and Dot over the years. He was one fantastic person! Intelligient, generous, kind, a whimsical laugh and lovely sense of humour. A grand man indeed. Abrazos from Sevilla, Victoria Stapells

Gene shaped my life and my career in so many ways...through his impeccable scholarship, his generous mentorship and his warm humanity. I do my best to acknowledge his stellar work and impact on our field and the stellar example he was for us all. My thoughts are with the family.

I met Gene in the Archivo de Indias in early 1977 having only moved to Sevilla months earlier. Everything I learned from that point on in my over 30 years in archives and libraries all across Spain was thanks to him. He was, and will always be, a mentor for me: as an academic, of course, but much more important, as a truly Good person. The world needs people like Gene Lyon! I also have many happy memories of meals shared with Gene and Dot over the years and the day Gene was present for...

Ironically, I was just thinking about Gene and our trip to Cuba because I found an early report he made about that trip and our first work in those archives. He shaped my career in his scholarship and in mentoring me in archival preservation. This is a terrible loss to us all...and to the profession.
My condolences to all of you who loved him as I did. Jane