Lyon College |
| 2300 Highland Road |
| Batesville, AR 72501 |
| General Phone: 870-793-9813 |
| Financial Aid Phone: 870-698-4257 |
| Sector: Private nonprofit, 4-year or above |
| Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts |
| Website: www.lyon.edu |
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Last Crusade in Career that Reshaped Religion - The Seoul Times
"Billy Graham, for evangelicals, put us on the national stage in a light that reflected well on us, maybe for the first time in a long time," says Larry Lyon, professor of sociology and dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. "There was great pride in his accomplishments, especially at that time in the 1950s and '60s, when the idea of 'evangelical Protestant' was seen with a more jaundiced eye by the establishment than they are today, when they've largely become the establishment."