Jim died of cancer March 12, 2014, in Tyler, Texas, where he had lived for 15 years.
Jim was born in Detroit and grew up in Washington, D.C. He came to Princeton from St. Albans School. At Princeton, he majored in politics and was a member of Tiger Inn, where he served as vice president his senior year. Jim was captain of the freshman soccer team and active in varsity soccer and baseball.
Upon graduation, he served as an officer in the Marine Corps and then worked for years in the corporate and financial worlds. He later started his own company, which conceptualized, built, and operated some 30 restaurants with a range of specialties from northern Italian to Southwestern, French, and Chinese. Jim was a master chef. A memorial service for Jim was held at Dakotas Steak & Chop House in Tyler.
After Princeton, Jim lived in Washington, D.C., and Aspen, Colo., before moving to Houston and then Tyler. Jim and his wife, Molly, kept a sailboat in Florida as their getaway.
He is survived by Molly and five children, Karen Lynn Alveshire, James F. Lynn III, Sydney Lynn Richeda, James Tyler Lynn, and James Taggart Lynn; his brother, Thomas W.; and eight grandchildren. The class expresses sympathy to the family.