James M. Lyons was recently named controller of Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala., and its subsidiaries. Mr. Lyons will be located in the Ryan-Walsh Center in Mobile where the company maintains its corporate headquarters. Mr. Lyons will handle financial and accounting aspects of the company's stevedoring, terminal, and related operations, and for other permanently maintained offices in Beaumont, Texas; New Orleans and Lake Providence, La.; Gulfport and Pascagoula, Miss.; Pensacola and Panama City, Fla.; and Georgetown, S.C. Mr. Lyons was previously vice president and controller of Mobile Infirmary and Gulf Atlantic Corp.