Charles Thomas Lynch

Background

Lynch, Charles Thomas was born on October 10, 1918 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Thomas and Sara (Carroll) Lynch.

Education

Student, University Alabama, 1937. Student, Michigan State University, 1960. Bachelor, Western Michigan University, 1963.

Master of Arts, Western Michigan University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, 1972.

Career

Announcer, producer, writer various radio stations, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan, 1938-1949; program director, executive producer, Fetzer Broadcasting Company, Kalamazoo, 1949-1967; assistant professor radio-television, station manager, Station WSIU, Southern Illinois U., 1967-1974; associate professor, department chairman radio-television, Station WSIU, Southern Illinois U., 1974-1979; department chairman radio-television-film, California State University, Northridge, 1979-1987; professor, California State University, Northridge, since 1979.

Achievements

• Charles Thomas Lynch has been listed as a noteworthy Radio, television and film educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Kalamazoo Area Parent-Teachers Association Council, 1960-1961, Kalamazoo Civic Players, 1962-1964, Community Theatre Association Michigan, 1963-1965, American Cancer Society, Kalamazoo, 1965-1967. Member Hollywood Chapter Academy television Arts and Sciences, St. Louis Chapter National Academy television Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, Broadcast Education Association, Society Professional Journalists, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Hollywood Radio and television Society, American Women in Radio and television (board directors Southern California chapter since 1985), Broadcast Pioneers, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (board directors 1983-1986), Sierra Club, Alpha Epsilon Rho, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Helen Victoria Kaliss, August 4, 1941. Children: Charles Thomas III, Jean, Christopher.

Father:

Charles Thomas Lynch

Mother:

Sara (Carroll) Lynch

Spouse:

Helen Victoria Kaliss

child:

Christopher Lynch

child:

Jean Lynch

child:

Charles Thomas III Lynch