Robert L. Lynn
| Robert L. Lynn | |
|---|---|
| 6th President of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana | |
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In office July 1, 1975 – 1996 |
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| Preceded by | G. Earl Guinn |
| Succeeded by | Rory Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 4, 1931 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Bonnie Moore Lynn |
| Residence | Georgia, USA |
| Alma mater |
Oklahoma Baptist University |
| Occupation | Retired college president; poet |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
March 4, 1931
Oklahoma, USA
Oklahoma Baptist University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Robert L. Lynn (born March 4, 1931) is a prize-winning poet in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, who from 1975 to 1996 was the sixth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana. Previously he was an administrator at his alma mater, Oklahoma Baptist University, and a journalist primarily for a Baptist press.
Lynn graduated in 1949 from Fox High School in Fox, a small community with a considerable Native American population in Carter County in southern Oklahoma. In 1953, Lynn graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University, a Christian liberal arts college in Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central Oklahoma. He subsequently attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and the University of Oklahoma at Norman. From 1952 to 1953, while completing his undergraduate degree at OBU he was a reporter for The Shawnee News-Star. From 1953 to 1967, he was affiliated with the All Church Press in Fort Worth, including a stint as the managing editor.
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