Annual Report 2016_web

1947-2016
In Memory of
Nancy Sinclair
May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and
be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
Longtime Lindsey Wilson College staff member Nancy C.
Sinclair, who “embodied the Lindsey Wilson mission,” died
Sunday, Nov. 20 after a long illness.
A nearly 30-year employee of the college, Sinclair served
three Lindsey Wilson presidents in various capacities, most recently
as executive assistant to President William T. Luckey Jr.
“Nancy Sinclair was a living example of the Lindsey Wilson
mission,” Luckey said. “She embodied the Lindsey Wilson mission
because she always put students at the center of her work,
and she also constantly looked for ways to lift up our students.
She was one of those rare people who made everyone around
her better. In so many ways, she was the conscience of this college.”
Sinclair came to Lindsey Wilson in December 1987 to work
in the college’s Development Office as assistant to George Kolbenschlag,
who was the college’s first full-time public relations
manager.
“I very quickly learned that Nancy was the one I needed to
go to for help,” said Kolbenschlag, who retired from LWC in
2004. “She knew just about everyone on campus and was
much-respected. We became friends and colleagues early on.
She was a great colleague and unafraid of telling me when she
thought I was wrong,
which is a most valuable
attribute in a colleague
and friend.
“I count her among
the top few most capable,
trustworthy and
dependable colleagues
and friends I
have known.”
Sinclair spent all
but three of her first
24 years at LWC in the Development office. She was also Development
Office administrative assistant, office manager, director
of stewardship and office manager, and director of
information services for development and office manager. She
also served more than three years in Student Accounts, first as
director of student accounts then as director of student accounts/business
office supervisor. Since 2011, Sinclair has been
the executive assistant to the president.
During almost three decades of service to LWC, Sinclair
knew almost all of the college’s donors as well as their family