Baker Lynn Receives Final Convocation Award at Hampden-Sydney College

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Baker Lynn, right, with Dr. Lizabeth Rand

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA (05/10/2013)(readMedia)-- At Final Convocation on April 25, Hampden-Sydney College freshman Baker Culverhouse Lynn received the Rhetoric Essay Award, presented by Dr. Lizabeth A. Rand, Elliott Associate Professor of Rhetoric. The annual Rhetoric Essay contest began in 1996. Each year members of the Rhetoric staff award a prize for the best essay written in each of three Rhetoric classes. Baker's winning essay was entitled, "Changing Mrs. Smith's Tire."

Baker is a member of the Soccer Club and the social fraternity Chi Phi. He graduated from Altamont School and is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Lynn of Birmingham.

A private college for men, Hampden-Sydney is ranked in the top tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. The College is known for its liberal arts curriculum, the Honor Code which stresses individual and collective responsibility, and a focus on the education of young men.