Abstract
on his doctorate degree in mathematics from 1964-1968 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in mathematics under the direction of Lloyd Jackson he ac-cepted a Post Doctorate position at the University of Alberta from 1969-1970. He then got a tenure track position at the same school. Lynn had a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the University of Wurzburg in 1974-75 and again in 1981-82, when he collaborated with the well-known mathematician, H.W. Knobloch. Lynn was the mathematics