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college and prep school press releases, Ur. Lynn filled Wa field’s announcements with the accomplishments of his scholars.
He didn’t allow the achievements of his Owls on the athletic fields go unnoticed either, but he recognized that academic excellence, and not athletic prowess, is the road to success for the vast majority of young people.
He was a vocal advocate of that belief. He publicly scolded several area newspapers for what he saw as their excessive zeal in glorifying athletics — at the expense of recognizing academic achievement. His feelings on that subject made him controversial in some quarters. But, as one long-time friend noted, “You never get criticized if you’re sitting back and doing nothing. Bill was trying to do something— something in which he believed deeply.”
While he pursued learning with a passion, he also pursued it unselfishly. He shared his devotion and his passion with his students. Although his administrative duties grew as the school expanded, he stuck resolutely to his classroom post as well.
He was not an easy teacher. He had high expectations of his students. But it was not the expectation of a man who drove them as he sought recognition for his own glory — it was that of a mentor who sjtw their potential and was determined that they should reach it. He realized what his students were capable of, and he believed that anything less than their best was effort wasted.
That his belief was correct is eloquently expressed by the placement of Wakefield’s graduates in many of the finest colleges and universities in the United States.
We salute Dr. Lynn’s dedication, and his resolve, and mourn his death. It is a great loss to his family, to Wakefield School and to the entire community. But even as we feel his passing, we are also grateful that he brought his dream and his passion to Rappahannock, and left the lives of all those he touched better and richer for having known him.
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