Stephen McKee Lynch ’66

Stephen McKee Lynch ’66 of Philadelphia, a jobs training coordinator and outdoorsman, died May 14 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Steve earned an A.B. in history from Dartmouth and an M.A. from the Yale Divinity School in 1970. During the mid-1970s he completed a master’s at Temple and took a job in Camden, Pennsylvania, setting up training programs for unemployed adults and helping them find jobs. He worked for the Camden County Employment and Training Office and continued helping adult learners until retiring in 2012. Although he loved Philadelphia, he was most at home at his cabin in rural Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He liked to chop wood for the fireplace and became a master in identifying wildflowers and knowing all the different kinds of native ferns. In the 1990s he was active in the Rittenhouse Coalition of Churches, an informal union of St. Mark’s Episcopal, First Baptist, and Chestnut Street Unitarian churches that brought in grants to refurbish the three church buildings. Steve became a Unitarian Church member and the church photographer. He was particularly good at making guests and new members feel welcome. Steve also invited those who were new to the church to a brunch at his home and to join him on various architectural excursions in the city. Steve was active in Philadelphia’s gay community and often attended fundraisers at the William Way LGBT Community Center. He is survived by his brother, Malcolm.