Alumni establish scholarship in honor of Dr. Larry Lynch

Dr. Larry Lynch, a business administration and economics professor at Roanoke since 1978, retires this year. At a retirement gathering in April, Mark Gobble '87, announced the establishment of The Dr. Larry A. Lynch Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship "is for business majors who are academically advanced and financially challenged," Gobble said before presenting Lynch with a giant check representing money contributed to the scholarship by donors including several of Lynch's former students. "It's a shame there won't be other students to sit in your lectures and hear you," Gobble said. "But I know because of others in the business department who you've either hired, mentored - many even taught - that your legacy will never die. Hopefully [this scholarship] will make sure that a lot more students will experience your legacy."

Lynch is a versatile and talented educator, as well as a forensic economics consultant and an experienced electrical engineer. For eleven years, Dr. Lynch directed The Management Institute, and he developed the unique Student Managed Fund program. He also has been involved in the Innovation Challenge, mentored Summer Scholar students, and lectured for the College's Elderscholar program.

Lynch's off-campus activities include serving on the board of directors of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs and as president of the Salem Rotary Club, two of many organizations in which he's been involved.

Lynch and his wife, Dr. Jan Lynch, a professor of psychology at Roanoke since 1980, also retires this year. Married in 1986, the Lynches have given 72 years of teaching and service to the College.