James Lyon:  

Life Immediately after graduation from Portage, I joined the US Army, and served for 20 yrs, mostly in the Band field, retiring in 1985 from staff & faculty and the US Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, VA., where I currently reside. During my Army career, I was stationed in Norfolk, VA, Petersburg, VA, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Norfolk, VA, Newport News, VA, Aberdeen, MD, and Norfolk VA. Prior to an assignment to Germany in 1966, I married the former Carol Wagner (Kalamazoo Central, '65). We had 4 sons; Jim Jr. in '68, Kevin in '70, and Matthew and Mark in '73. Carol & I divorced in '83, and we have each remarried twice since. "The third time seems to be the charm" for both of us, I know is has been for me. Nelma and I just had our 13th anniversary, and we haven't had our first fight yet! I graduated from St. Leo University in '83 with an Associate of Arts degree, and in '91 with a BA in Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. After retirement from the Army, I tried working for a living, but I didn't care for it! That's when I returned to St. Leo for my Bachelor's and went to 'work' for Government. Since 1991, I have been an audito...Expand for more