James Joseph Lynch ’34

Jim Lynch, after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for several years, died June 11, 2007, in Denville, N.J. He was 94.

Jim was vice president and treasurer of New York News Inc., when, in 1971, he joined Tribune Co., publishers of the Chicago Tribune, as director of accounting and finance. A Chicago native, he had worked for Arthur Andersen & Co., accountants, from 1934 to 1941, when he joined the Chicago Tribune as an auditor. During World War II he served with an armored division in France, Germany, and Austria, earning a Bronze Star. After the war and another stint at the Chicago Tribune, he moved to The Daily News in New York, where he became auditor and controller and, later, treasurer.

Jim was married in 1938 to Alene “Lolly” Krell and they had three sons, only one of whom, Terence (“Terry”), survives. Also surviving are seven grandchildren. Lolly Lynch died in 1991, and Jim wrote, “My greatest satisfaction and principal enjoyment was my life with my wife, Lolly.”