Naomi Burgos Lynn (born 1933) was the first Hispanic woman president of an American public university.
At her retirement the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair for Lincoln Studies was created at the University of Illinois Springfield, where Dr. Phillip Paludan served as its first recipient.
Born in New York City in 1933, Naomi Burgos was the daughter of Puerto Rican parents.
Her sister, Ruth Burgos Sasscer, also became a university president, leading a community college in San Antonio, Texas.
She has served as president of the American Society for Public Administration, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Pi Sigma Alpha and the Women's Caucus for Political Science.