Kevin A. Lyons

I was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey. When I graduated from college, with a degree in Geology, I left – for a while. I worked on oil wells from California to the North Slope of Alaska, from the Gulf of Mexico to the first test well that was drilled in Georges Bank, off the coast of Massachusetts. Then I came back to New Jersey and spent a few years working at the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries. I left again for Connecticut to work for the phone company, just in time for Ma Bell to break up. I came back to New Jersey with AT&T and eventually found my way to Bell Labs. I left Bell Labs to be a stay-at-home dad. Now that my youngest has just started college I’m making the transition to “merely unemployed.” Or maybe I'll become a writer. We’ll see. Oh, I also do some volunteering at a riding center for folks with special needs. That's Jessie in the photo with me.