Charles Lyons, NT1J, was born in Boston.

He graduated from Harvard (BA and MA) and Columbia (PhD), and was for many years a university professor and administrator, an academic association executive, and the head of a Fulbright foundation.

He has lived and worked in several states; and (beginning with Peace Corps service in the mid-1960s), half a dozen countries in Africa and Europe.

Charles came to Greensboro in 1991 to become Associate Provost for International Programs at UNCG. Retiring from there in 2003, he was called back into service as head of international affairs at East Carolina University from 2003 to 2005.

A citizen of Ireland as well as the USA, he splits his time between homes in Greensboro and Country of Tipperary.

He is married, has three grown children, and two grandsons.

Continuously licensed since 1955 (and Extra Class since 1985), Charles has held several calls over the years (he is ex W1HHC, W2GZB, W3IWC, KV3R, NF9E, 5N2CL, and EL2AM; and currently EI7JV). Although he has rigs to get on almost every ham band from 80 meters to 1.2 GHz, you're most likely to find him on 20 meter SSB where he runs Man ICOM 718 and Dentron GLA 1000 linear to either a ground-mounted vertical or an inverted-Vee (alas no space for a beam). He derives his keenest pleasure in trying (sometimes successfully) to repair broken-down equipment he finds at hamfests. Since joining GARA in January, 2006 Charles has served on the Nominatingk Committee and has just become a member of the Engineering Committee. He is also a member of GAS, the ARRL, and the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. He looks forward to talking with GARA members on the repeaters, on HF ground wave, or by skip from EI7JV