Above: Lyle Dickerson at the bench in his Detroit shop

Lyle Dickerson's biography has been published in detail previously.  Offered here is a brief timeline showing major events in Dickerson's  life and career.  Additional detailed information will be presented throughout the individual sections of the site.

• Born in Bellaire Michigan 1892
• Graduated from Bellaire High School 1910
• Taught elementary school for a brief period in Mount Bliss, MI
• Attended Hillsdale College in 1911. Left after two years due to lack of funds 
• Lived in Chicago from 1913-15
• Returned to Michigan and worked for Grand Rapids Power & Gas Co.
• Enlisted in the military in March 1918 during WWl and was discharged at the end of the war 
• Returned to Michigan and married Peg Klagstag in late 1918
• Moved to Chicago for a brief period
• Settled in Detroit after returning from Chicago
• Worked for Packard as a Truck Division salesman until 1925, when Packard went out of the truck business
• Worked for White Motor Co. selling trucks. Unfortunately they went out of business as well 
• Worked in the Detroit area selling bonds and real estate until the stock market crash in 1929
• 1929-30 Experimental rod making and development 
• First offered rods for sale in January 1931
• 1935 Started business relationship with Ray Bergman
• War interrupts rod making, production ceases (1942-45) 
• 1946 Production resumes to an all-time high level of 176 rods made in a year
• 1959 First wife Peg passes away
• 1960 Only one rod listed in records as being produced
• 1960 Unofficially retires, moves to Bellaire, MI. No more rods recorded in ledger.
• 1961 Remarries to Gertrude Greenwood
• 1960-1972 Dickerson continues to make rods "off the books"
• 1972 Sells rod shop to Tim Bedford
• 1973 Second wife Gertrude passes away
• 1972-81 Stays active with clock making, woodworking, and lapidary
• June 16, 1981, Lyle Dickerson passes away at the age of 89