Lynn, James Thomas (1927-2010), served as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development from 1973 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977, he served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Gerald R. Ford.
Lynn was born on Feb. 27, 1927, in Cleveland. He graduated from Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) University in 1948 and from Harvard Law School in 1951. He then joined Cleveland’s largest law firm. In 1969, Lynn was named general counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was appointed undersecretary of commerce in 1971. Lynn died on Dec. 6, 2010.
