Return to Table of ContentsMay 1998
Professor Emeritus Ernest Lynton, 1926-1998 Professor Emeritus Ernest Lynton died on March 18 after a long illness. He was a distinguished scholar of higher education issues with an international reputation in relations between higher education and the business community. Trained as a scientist, he was also deeply committed to the ideal of community service and to the arts.
Prof. Lynton received his degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Yale Universities. His first position in academia was as a physicist at Rutgers University. Prof. Lynton came to the University of Massachusetts system in 1973 to serve as senior vice president for academic affairs, and later as a senior fellow of the McCormack Institute.
A founding member of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), Prof. Lynton continued to be closely associated with NERCHE after his retirement from UMass Boston. In his honor, the Ernest Lynton Award for Professional Service and Outreach is given by NERCHE each year.