Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Robert Lee Lynn (November 19, 1931 – September 8, 2020) was a prize-winning poet in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, who from 1975 to 1997 was the sixth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana Christian University in Pineville, Louisiana.
Lynn often addressed church and civic groups around the state on the advantages of attending a small Christian liberal arts college.
At LC, Lynn stressed a sense of community, honest values, and the development of the habit of lifelong learning.
Foster, Jr.[4] Under Lynn's presidency, LCU received national recognition for academic quality and Christian atmosphere.
Dyess of Rapides Parish, honored him with a resolution which cites Lynn's achievement at the institution and within the community.
[6] After completing twenty-two years as LCU president, Lynn concentrated on his poetry in his home in Duluth, Georgia.
Lynn has either written or edited ten books, including his first volume of poetry entitled Service Yields Its Own Rewards.