Keith Lynahan ’36

Keith died peacefully Dec. 28, 1998, in the V.A. Hospital at Oxford, N.Y. He prepared at Bound Brook [N.J.] H.S. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of the Madison Club. Attending night school at Fordham Law School, he earned his law degree in 1941.

After graduating from Princeton he became associated with American Cynamid Co., a large manufacturer of chemicals and drugs.

He served five years in the Army, enlisting as a private and retiring as a major. He served in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Pearl Harbor, Port Moresby, New Guinea, and Guadalcanal. In his last two years he was assigned to Staff Intelligence in Washington. He was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential Citation, and The Commendation Medal.

After the war, he returned to American Cynamid in executive positions. After some years he spent many years as an executive with the John Wood Co. and then joined Darylea. He finished his career as an executive with American Field Service Corp.

His wife, Audrey, whom he married in 1945, died in 1996. His son Keith B. died in 1982. He is survived by his daughter Jane L. Kerklin and two grandchildren.

The Class of 1936