Lynn King ’83

Lynn died April 22, 2019, just after 9:30 p.m., surrounded by her beloved circle of friends and with her daughter at her side.

Lynn was born in New York City and graduated from Fieldston in the Bronx. While at Princeton she was a vice president of the Asian American Student Association and collaborated with the Princeton University Art Museum. She became an active participant in the Shanghai Princeton Alumni Association.

For most of her professional life Lynn served as an executive coach and trainer with an emphasis on spirituality in business. She studied at the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif., where her master’s thesis focused on bringing together organizational development with shamanism. In addition, she coached leaders and social entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, expanding their hearts and minds as well as their résumés. Lynn also contributed to the concept of Moral Innovations by David Wu ’79.

Lynn’s other work focused on environmental sustainability and multicultural education. Part of this legacy is her hydroponic garden in China. Lynn felt that her work built her “spiritual résumé.” Her final months were spent on her greatest work: using her own death as a teaching tool in how to live life and approach death with joy. She described the demonstrations of love she experienced during this time as “golden petals of light.”

Lynn is survived by her daughter Tara, her loving family, and the community of students and friends who helped guide her on her final journey.