Year Honored: 1999

Birth: 1946 - 1998

Born in: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Biography

Lynne S. Frink taught attended Pennsylvania State University; received her master’s in history from Lamar University; and attended post graduate school at St. Peter’s College of Oxford University in England before returning to teach English at Lamar University.

In 1976, after oil spills in the Delaware River, Frink organized a coalition of citizens, state and federal officials, veterinarians, and biologists to explore the effect of the spills on birds. The group also developed research and treatment procedures. As a nationally respected figure in the field of wildlife rehabilitation, Frink founded two major organizations in Delaware. She was a co-founder of the Delaware Audubon Society in 1977, and in 1976 she founded the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc. Tri-State Bird Rescue is one of the largest and most respected wildlife rehabilitation organizations in North America.

Frink was also a member of the Board of Directors at the National Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Association, where her vision and determination set new standards in the field. Her “Contagious enthusiasm and unwavering commitment to wildlife rehabilitation made her an outstanding volunteer and revered mentor among wildlife rehabilitators nationwide.”

In recognition of her work, Frink was awarded the Girl Scouts of America Significant Achievement Award (1986); the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Lifetime Achievement Award (1992); the Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award (1996); and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Dedicated Service Award (1997). The U.S Department of the Interior, Fish, and Wildlife service also dedicated the Lynne Frink Observation Tower at Bombay Hook National Refuge in “recognition of Frinks tireless work to provide a broad vision of education and cooperation in the protection of migratory birds.”
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Sources and Additional Readings

Delaware Audubon. (n.d.). Retrieved January 12, 2022, from https://delawareaudubon.org/

Home. Home -. (2021, November 11). Retrieved January 12, 2022, from https://tristatebird.org/

The Morning Call. (2021, October 4). Lynne S. Frink, 51, environmentalist. The Morning Call. Retrieved January 12, 2022, from https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1998-02-11-3186715-story.html