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Robert L. Lyon (bio for his 50 year H.S. class reunion)
March 19, 2008 | | Comments Off on Robert L. Lyon (bio for his 50 year H.S. class reunion)
Robert L. Lyon
Crawfordsville, IN
(Married to Nancy – 2 children, 1 grandchild)
Retired
Immediately after graduating from Crawfordsville High School in 1955, I went to work for my uncle at Lyon’s Machine Shop as a machinist and worked there until about 1959, when I went to work for Summor Metalcraft Corp. to learn the Toll & Die trade. In 1961 I met Nancy Jane Payne, whom I dated until December of 1963 when we were married at Mount Zion Church just outside of Crawfordsville. In November of 1964 we were blessed with our first child, a son John. In 1968 I acquired the status of Journeyman Tool & Die Maker at Sommer Metalcraft and in October of that year I went to work for HC Industries in their new Research & Development Dept as a Tool & Die Maker.
While working at HC Industries, I was involved and worked on several inner plant committees, i.e. president & vice president of the social club several times, founding member of the HC Cares Committee, etc. In August of 1971 we were blessed with our second child, a daughter, Shannon. In 1980 with the Research & Development Tool Room Staff growing through the years from 2 people to around 10 people, I was promoted to Group Leader of the Tool Room, and 2 years later I was promoted to Tool Room Forman.
The research & Development Group at HC Industries was primarily responsible for the development of the plastic beverage cap that now is so common on many soft drink, water and other beverage drinks sold around the World. In 1982 HC Industries was bought out by ALCOA Clusure Systems International and the Tool Room would grow to include as many as 16 to 18 people plus other support staff. In 1993 I was promoted to Tool Room Manager, a position I held until my retirement in February of 1999.
Our son John and his wife Margaret and our granddaughter Emma live in Austin, TX. Our daughter Shannon lives in Muncie , IN.
My current hobbies include traveling when we can. I am a member of the Ben Hur Antique & Classic Car Club of Crawfordsville and currently own 2 ‘older’ cars, a 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible and a 1964 Ford Galaxie Convertible, which occupy most of my time during the warm weather months, by participating in various car shows, parades, cruise-ins etc. My wife, Nancy and I are members of the First Baptist Church of Crawfordsville.
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