Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Dr. Paul Lyons When I went looking for dirt on Dr. Paul E. Lyons. I went straight to his mother-in-law. Jane Sprague first met Lyons when he was a young boy. “He was in my husband’s Scout troop. Sprague said, before adding similar difficult-to-bclicve details. “He and our son got their Eagle Scout together.... He was a quiet, reserved young man. Mrs. Sprague was a tough nut toerack. but I kept heron the phone and used my best reportorial skills to get the skinny on Lyons. With perhaps a note of frustration in her voice, Sprague recalled going to help out when her granddaughter Devin was bom. She said Lyons was up before her every morning. By the time she awoke, the clothes were washed and breakfast was made. He insisted on doing all the cooking! Sprague said. He’s the most organized person I’ve ever known. He doesn’t waste a minute. Clearly Lyons had this kindly old woman snowed. Perhaps we should start at the beginning. Paul Eric Lyons was born in Medina. Ohio, because the town his parents were living in at the time didn’t have a hospital. He moved to Madison. Ohio, at age 2. and then to Delaware, Ohio, at age 10. My wife says I should point out that having not yet actually grown up. 1 should probably include all the other locations I have lived, but 1 said Neener. necncr'and left u at that. Lyons added. It was in Delaware, Ohio, that Lyons, the son of a United Methodist minister and a teacher, met Ins future wife. “You know the story: Boy meets girl. Girl screams and then runs. Years later in a semi-intoxicated state boy spills pretzels on gill, screams over the music (which mysteriously stops mid-sentence) ‘Would you like to go out sometime?' Love ensues.” This addled pretzel-spilling moment occurred just before Lyons started medical school. They married Oct. 16. I9XX. Wanting to get the skinny on this allegedly organized Eagle Scout, I turned to known associates Sydney and Jascy Schnaars. They have known Lyons since he joined their youth group 33 years ago. Sydney Schnaars. a middle school American History teacher, recalled Lyons engaging in many questionable activities with his close friend Chris I louser. “They were both unbelievably bright. Schnaars said. “They did not enjoy the high school experience. They probably thought they were in hell. She said they found various outlets for their creativity, including amateur taxidermy on a roadkill groundhog. The groundhog in question was discovered on the windshield of a fellow high school student’s car in the student parking lot. Lyons said, adding that the taxidermy training came from a high school biolog} teacher. The teacher retired shortly thereafter, but no connection was ever proven and I remain a free man. Lyons claimed. The groundhog in advertently found its way into the stomach of a now-dcccased Lyons-familv dog. He was an awesome member of our youth group. Schnaars said “When he was at Ohio State University medical school, he taught Sun- 4 Pomple University School of Medicine