Christine E. Lynn

Christine E. Lynn is a businesswoman and health care philanthropist currently residing in Boca Raton, Florida. She is a trustee of the E.M. Lynn Foundation, which was established by her late husband, Eugene M. Lynn '41. A former nurse, Lynn continues to be involved with several health-care and community organizations, from which she has received numerous awards and recognitions. She was a 2013 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. This award was established by The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) to pay homage to the immigrant experience, as well as for individual Achievement.

Lynn is chair of the Board of Trustees of Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, and she is also chair of the Board of Trustees of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, also in Boca Raton, Florida. She holds honorary degrees from Lynn University, Florida Atlantic University and Saint Anselm College, and she was awarded an honorary degree from Stetson University in 2008. She has served on Stetson's Board of Trustees since 1994.