Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CLYDE ALVIN LYNCH

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CLYDE ALVIN LYNCH 1891 to 1950 (PREPARED BY DEAN A. H. M. STONECIPHER) Clyde Alvin Lynch was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1891, the son of John Henry Lynch and Carmina Blanche (Keys) Lynch, and departed this life on August 6, 1950. He is survived by his widow, Edith L. (Base- hore) Lynch, a daughter. Rose Eleanor (Hemperly), a son John Howard, and four grandchildren: Charlotte Ann Hem- perly, John Cecil Hemperly, Patricia Joanne Lynch, and John Howard Lynch, Jr.; also a brother and four sisters. He received his pre-college education in the public schools of Pennsylvania and the Lebanon Valley Academy. In 1918 he was graduated with the A.B. degree from Lebanon Valley College and later received the B.D. degree from the Bonebrake Theological Seminary (1921), the A. M.from Lebanon Valley College (1925), and the A.M. (1929) and the Ph.D. (1931) from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also honored with the D.D. degree (1926) by his alma mater and with the LL.D. degree by Albright College (1937). His professional career was divided between the pastorate and educational service. He early dedicated his life to the ministry, receiving the Quarterly-Conference License in 1909, the Annual-Con- ference License in 1910, and was ordained by Bishop N . M. Weekley in 1916. He served the following pastorates: CenterviUe Circuit, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1911-1912; Linglestown and Rockville, Pennsylvania, 1912-1918; Antioch and Pyrmont, Montgomery County, Ohio, 1918-1921; Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1921-1925; and Second Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1925-1930. From 1928 to 1930, while he was doing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lynch also served as Assistant Instructor m Psychology, and m 1930 he was called to serve as Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology at Bonebrake Theological Seminary, which position he held until he was elected to the presidency of Lebanon Valley College in 1932. Dr. Lynch ' s interests and connections were many and varied, and he occupied a large place in the organizations of which he was a part. He represented his church at large as a member of the Board of Christian Education and Chairman of the Committee on Educational Instituhons; as Delegate to four (1933, 1937, 1941, 1945) General Conferences and to the merging General Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church at Johnstown in 1946, which formed the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and was the Chairman of the Committee on Episcopacy. In the East Pennsylvania Conference (U.B.) he was Chairman of the Committee on Conference Relations and a member of the Council of Administration and of the Finance Committee. He was an ardent believer in interdenominational cooperation, and was Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, a member of the Pennsylvania Council of Religious Education and of the Executive Committee of the State y.M.C.A. He was also denominational representative of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, alternate member of the Executive Committee and member of the Committee on Research and Education. In the field of Education he occupied a large place. In the Pennsylvania State Educational Association he was a member of the Execuhve Committee for a number of years (1937-1938, 1948), and at different times was President of the Department of Higher Education (1948), President of the Southern Convention District (1937), delegate totheNattonal Education Associatton (1947, 1948), and Chairman of the College and Universtty Section (1947). He was also a member of the National Educational Association and the Department of Higher Education; of the American Association of School Administrators; a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Area Colleges and Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Area No. 2 (1946-1948); and member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities (1948-1950). His purely intellectual interests were expressed in his membership in the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. He was the author of numerous articles in psychological, religious, and educational publications and was much in demand as a speaker on varied subjects. His participation in civic activities was extensive. He was a member of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Chair- man of the Board of Management, Lebanon U.S.O., during the war years, and was honored with the Distinguished Ser- vice Medal from La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, La Grande Voiture de Pennsylvania for the Development of Good Will and Americanism. He was Chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Displaced Persons since 1948 and National Chairman of the Commission on the Resettlement of Displaced Persons with Professional Skills, in which capacities he rendered exceptional service to suffering humanity. A member of the faculty of Lebanon Valley College, Dr. Helene Kostruba, herself a displaced person whom he aided, requested in her own name and in the name of others thus assisted, that a special tribute be paid to the hearttelt interest and unselfish devotion which Dr. Lynch put into this service to human misfortune and suffering. He was a member of the Lebanon Rotary Club and past president and member of its Committee on International Understanding and Good Will; and of the Executives Club and Torch Club of Harrisburg, and of The Newcomen Society of England. He held a prominent place in the Masonic fraternity. He was a member of Ephrata Lodge No. 665 Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Lancaster Lodge of Perfection and Harrisburg Consistory; and an honorary member of the Supreme Council 33 ' of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; of Hermit Commandery, Knights Templar; of Trinity Conclave No. 4, Red Cross of Constantine; of QuittapahiUa Forest No. 25 Tall Cedars of Lebanon; of Zembo Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and of the Lebanon County Shrine Club. At the time of his death he was Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Supreme Chaplain of the Supreme Forest of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He was a past president of the Lebanon County Club of the Harrisburg Con- sistory. President Lynch lived intensely, and this long account of his activities tells only part of the story. Whatever he did, he did with an emotional warmth and enthusiasm which greatly enhanced the value of all his services. His was a rich and many-sided personality, and he will be remembered variously by people in the various relationships of life. In the family he was a devoted son, brother, father, and grandfather; in the Church he was the devout servant and prophet of God; in civic relations he was the friend of man; in the College he was the intellectual leader, dedicated to the ad- vancement of learning and the development of young people in wisdom and godliness. But to all who knew him in whatever way, his passing has come as a profound shock and grief and leaves a vacancy difficult or impossible to fill. With faith in God, in whom he put his trust, we bow in humble submission and say farewell, not forever, but only until the sunrise of that new day in which he now lives.