Dr. John T. Flynn, retired UConn professor, 88, born May 29, 1932 in Corning, New York, died May 11, 2021, having lived for many years in Hampton. He is survived by six children, four grandchildren, nine nieces and nephews, two former wives and Marny Lawton, also of Hampton.

Dr. Flynn served in the U.S. Air Force where he was a tail gunner in the Korean War. After the service he received his MA at SUNY, Cortland, NY (1959) and completed his EdD in the School of Education at Indiana University (1962).  Upon receiving his doctorate Dr. Flynn joined the University of Connecticut, where he was a tenured professor in the NEAG School of Education and Chair of the Department of Education Psychology retiring as Emeriti Faculty. During this time he published numerous texts in his field including his specialty of psychological statistical measurement. During summers John won awards showing thorough bred horses in East Coast hunter-jumper class horse shows.

Following his retirement from UConn Dr. Flynn served as consultant with the Federal Department of Justice in Maryland and California.  He worked with law enforcement and fire departments in Connecticut developing hiring tests. He continued teaching online until recently as professor at Walden and Capella Universities. He also provided assistance in academic grants offices at the University of Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut State University and locating funding opportunities for the Town of Hampton. In 1995 Dr. Flynn served as an expert witness offering statistical data analysis for the State in the Sheff v O’Neill 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case resulting in a landmark decision regarding civil rights and the right to education.