January 19, 2021
Thornton Lewis Lynam Jr., 88, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at Brandywine Senior Living at Seaside Pointe, Rehoboth Beach.
Thorny was born Sept. 4, 1932, in Dartmouth, Mass., and spent his summers at the family’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach. He graduated from Dartmouth High School in 1950, and following his father’s footsteps, pursued his higher education as a chemistry major, but soon discovered his passion to become an educator. He attained his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan in 1955, where he pledged the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. After graduation, he joined the Army and served the next two years in Army Intelligence. Following his time in the military he began his teaching career in Glen Burnie, Md.