Rufus Sylvester Lynch

Background

Lynch, Rufus Sylvester was born on November 30, 1946 in Baltimore. Son of Rufus and Marie Lynch.

Education

Bachelor, Morgan State College, Baltimore, 1968; Master of Social Work, U. Pittsburgh, 1970; advanced certified, University of Pennsylvania School Social Work, 1971; Doctor of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania School Social Work, 1973; certified aging, Federal City College, Washington, 1977; certified gerontology, University of Michigan, 1978.

Career

Program director, consultant minority programs, Catholic Diocese Pittsburgh, 1969; staff coordinator departments community and urban affairs, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1969; special assistant, consultant, Majority Leader of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, 1969-1973; resource development and outreach specialist, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, 1973-1974; director services to aging, Cmty. College Philadelphia, 1974-1976; senior human service policy advisor, Lieutenant Governor of Commonwealth Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1974-1976; executive director, chief staff, Office of Majority Leader Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, 1976-1977; executive director, chief staff, Office of speaker Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, 1977-1978; research and management consultant, 1978-1984; senior executive management ocns., special assistant to executive vice president, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1984-1985; deputy campaign manager, Real Bob Casey Committee, 1985-1986; assistant court administrator, Administrative Office Pennsylvania Court Justices, Supreme Court Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1986-1987; state director court management, Administrative Office Pennsylvania Court Justices, Supreme Court Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987-1994; president, Center Studying Social Welfare and Cmty. Development, Philadelphia, since 1994; assistant professor department social and behavioral science, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, since 1994.

Part-time teacher Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1980, Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus, 1991, Dickinson School Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1991, 92, University of Pennsylvania School Social Work, Philadelphia, since 1991. Member National Program PriorityGoals Planning Group, 1983-1984. Member task force to develop NASW National Center for Social Policy and Practices, 1985.

Founding member National Center Social Policy and Practice, 1986. Convenor NASW Black Caucus/African American Network, Philadelphia, 1990. Member National Committee on Inquiry, 1991-1994.

Pennsylvania representative National Delaware Assembly, 1992-1995. Member Adjuducaiton Program Issues Advisory Group, 1993-1995. Presenter various conferences universities.

Project director City of Philadelphia Department Public Welfare, 1979. Project manager Yellow Cab Company, Philadelphia, 1979, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1979, United States Housing and Urban Development, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1980, Pennsylvania Delaware Association for Cmty. Action, Inc., 1981; consultant Family Planning Council Western Pennsylvania, 1979.

Principal researcher Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1980. Principal investigator Federal R.R. Administration, 1980-1981. Consultant Graduate School Public and International Affairs, U. Pittsburgh, Institute Training and Orgnl.

Development, 1981; principal researcher Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Minority Procurement Practices, 1981. Corporation project manager N.E. Regional Support Center, New Haven, Connecticut, 1981-1982, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, 1982. Principal researcher Pennsylvania StateU., 1983-1984, Temple University Hospital, 1984.

Assistant director internal audit Philadelphia Parking Authority, 1984. Community development policy specialist Brinjac, Kambic and Associations, 1986. Guest lecturer various colleges universities.

Achievements

• Rufus Sylvester Lynch has been listed as a noteworthy Social and behavioral sciences educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder Berean Presbyterian Church. Representative National Delaware Assembly, 1972, 78. Member fund distribution and community problem solving committee, 1993.

Co-chair Pennsylvania Department Aging's Transition Task Force, Commision on Aging to Department of Aging, 1979. Oral board examiner City of Philadelphia, Pers. Department, 1980; congressional delegate White House Conference on Aging, 1982.

Executive director Berean Legacy Project, Berean Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, since 1992. With United States Army, 1969. Member American Bar Association, NASW (national futures commission 1978, national program committee 1983-1986, membership committee Pennsylvania chapter 1991-1993, continuing education committee 1992-1994, president since 1994, Pennsylvania Social Worker of Year 1978), Association Black Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, National Association Court Management, National Center State Court Justices.

Connections

Married VeRita Amelia Barnette-Dixon. Children: Marie Rachel, Kirkland Alexander.

Father:

Rufus Lynch

Mother:

Marie Lynch

Spouse:

VeRita Amelia Barnette-Dixon

child:

Marie Rachel Lynch

child:

Kirkland Alexander Lynch