alumnus profile
Dubby Wynne ’63 In honor of John O. “Dubby” Wynne’s
most recently celebrated his 50th Reunion with classmates by setting a
extraordinary efforts and skill in enhancing
new standard for reunion giving. Before joining the Board of Trustees in
economic opportunity in Hampton Roads, he
1980, Dubby served as president of the Alumni Association for Norfolk
was recently awarded the 2013 Darden Award for
Academy. He served as a trustee for 17 years and as president 1986–1990.
Regional Leadership by the CIVIC Leadership
During his tenure on the Board he served as vice president of education
Institute.
and finance and was a leading force in the efforts to create and grow the
John Wynne is the retired president and chief executive officer of Landmark Communications, Inc., but it is his work in education and regional initiatives that is reshaping and improving Hampton Roads. Dubby is one of the founding members of the Hampton Roads
school’s endowment. As lifetime Bulldogs, Dubby’s family has also been fully engaged in the life of the school. Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’68, a student at Country Day and Norfolk Academy and a former fifth grade teacher at Norfolk Academy,
Business Roundtable, a new regional organization seeking to improve
currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Their son Lee attended Norfolk
Hampton Roads’ competitive position in the global economy. The Business
Academy first grade with the Class of 1996 before his passing in 1984.
Roundtable is only the latest innovative initiative that has brought Dubby’s
Their sons John ’94 and Brad ’00 graduated from NA. John, his wife,
expertise and vision into the region, the state and the nation. He is also
Katherine, and their young children, Morgan and Oliver, live in Virginia
vice chair for the state-appointed Council on Virginia’s Future.
Beach, where John is active on the Academy’s Alumni Board. Brad taught
There are few institutions in Hampton Roads that have not benefitted from Dubby’s leadership. He co-chaired the Hampton Roads Partnership and the Board of the Virginia Business Council, and has led or served on a
and coached at Norfolk Academy before he and his wife, Katie, moved to Charlotte, NC, where they now live with their three daughters. With so many accomplishments under his belt, Dubby is not slowing
variety of volunteer boards including Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
down. He has considered his “retirement” as “redirection.” In addition
the EVMS Foundation, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, United
to his strong allegiance to his family, friends, Norfolk Academy and
Way of South Hampton Roads and Junior Achievement of Tidewater.
numerous other organizations, he is focusing his considerable skill on
Educational excellence and regional success have been the focus of much of Dubby’s public work. He sees the two as integrally linked and
Hampton Roads. It is in honor of these extraordinary efforts that the 2013 Darden Award for Regional Leadership was awarded to Dubby Wynne ’63.
throughout his career, he has lent his support to a variety of efforts, both public and private, to improve education and economic opportunity. He was appointed to the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia in 1990. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council and spearheaded, with others, the Grow by Degrees Initiative. Dubby served on the Governor’s Commission of Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment and serves on the Virginia Higher Education Advisory Council. He was formally a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Additionally, he is chairman of the Board of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. A 1967 graduate of Princeton University, Dubby has served as a charter trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Princeton Board of Trustees, chair of the Academic Affairs Committee and as co-chair of several fundraising campaigns for the university. He continues to serve on the Princeton Board of Trustees. At the University of Virginia, he served as chairman of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, as chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, as a board member and member of the Executive Committee of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, and as rector for the University of Virginia Board of Visitors. He is a 1971 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. As you would expect, Dubby has remained engaged at Norfolk Academy—as an alumnus, a parent, parent of alumni and trustee. He
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Material for this article was provided by Inside Business, the CIVIC Leadership Institute and the Wynne family. Below Dubby Wynne joins other members of the class of 1963 for a great time at the Homecoming football game, where they were recognized at halftime for their successful reunion giving campaign. Kneeling, from left to right: Buzzy Hofheimer, Paul Rippey and Alex Bevernick. Standing, from left to right: Dubby, Bill Willett, Fenton Wilkinson, Marc Salzberg, Richard Mathews and Wayne Bowman.