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He gets maritime center job in Virginia; wife to step down at historical society
By Kathy Antoniotti
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009
Harry P. ''Hank'' Lynch, president and chief executive of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, and his wife, Paula Moran, executive director of the Summit County Historical Society, will be leaving their posts with the two nonprofit agencies.
Lynch has accepted a job as executive director of the Nauticus National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Va. His first day on the job will be Feb. 23. His duties will include overseeing operations of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin and the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center.
''We're sad about it here but we're very happy for him because it is a chance for him to do something a little different — not horticulturally, which is his training — and catch on two things that are of particular interest to him, that being military and nautical history,'' said Katie Campbell, vice president of marketing for Stan Hywet.
Moran, who told her board of directors last week she is resigning, said she left her departure date open-ended. She said she will stay behind at least six months to sell the couple's northwest Akron home. She has has not yet found a new job in Virginia.
''This is such an incredible opportunity for him. Obviously, I'll do whatever it takes,'' Moran said.
She will be leaving the area with some reservations.
''I love Akron. I could have stayed here the rest of my life. This has become my home and my community,'' Moran said Monday.
Nauticus Board Chairman Robert Taylor said Lynch's track record of significant increases in fundraising and attendance in Akron makes him the right choice to implement an aggressive new strategic plan.
''I am extremely pleased with the selection of Hank,'' Taylor said in a news release.
Lynch has been chief at Stan Hywet for the past 13 years.
The 100-year-old Akron estate was built by F.A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Lynch previously headed Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, N.Y., and was director of horticulture and new construction for the Maryland Zoological Society.
He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in horticulture and has a master's degree in public administration from the University of Delaware.
Lynch did not return calls seeking comment Monday.
Moran said the couple will be moving back to a part of the country they love, and the position is a dream job for her husband.
''When we were young, every time we took a vacation along the East Coast, from Miami to Maine and actually into Canada, every time we had the opportunity to visit every battleship and aircraft carrier, we've done that,'' she said.
The couple has been married for 28 years. They have two children: Collin, 21, who is currently serving in the U.S. Coast Guard; and Chelsea, 19, who just began her freshman year at the University of Akron.
The move could be considered their destiny.
Moran's family left her a farm on the northeastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, she said.
''It's been in my family for a hundred years. Now we will be living at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.''
The couple even have a pair of Chesapeake Bay retrievers, she said.
Lynch's last day will be Feb. 13.
Mark Heppner, vice president of museum services, has also left Stan Hywet, Campbell confirmed Monday.
''He did send out his formal resignation on Friday, although I will tell you they have been talking about it for a little bit before then, '' Campbell said.
Kathy Antoniotti can be reached at 330-996-3565 or kantoniotti@thebeaconjournal.com.
Harry P. ''Hank'' Lynch, president and chief executive of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, and his wife, Paula Moran, executive director of the Summit County Historical Society, will be leaving their posts with the two nonprofit agencies.
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