Lynette Dorothy Loose, CGS’99, a former administrator in several departments at Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, passed away on December 25, 2021. She was 78.

Born and raised in Jonestown, PA, Ms. Loose earned her bachelor of arts from Penn’s College of General Studies, graduating in 1999. She worked at Radnor Advisors in Radnor, PA and as an administrator in several departments of Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences between 1994 and 2002, including the department of anthropology, the Middle East Center, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the African Studies Center. In 2011, she made her theatrical debut, playing the ingenue role of Hermia in a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Actors Fund Home. The performance was filmed and included in the PBS documentary Still Dreaming. Ms. Loose also enjoyed singing, painting, writing, and needlepoint, and was an aficionado of Pride and Prejudice and its various adaptations.

Ms. Loose is survived by her siblings, Roberta Conahan, Fred, Jill, Gary, and Randy Kent; her children, Andrew Loose (Jill Garland), Nancy Corona, Susan Loose Algerio (Joseph), Angela McCarten, and Scott Loose (Megan Cesare); three nephews and nieces; and ten grandchildren. A private service will be held in the spring of 2022. Donations in her memory may be made to the Actors Fund Home and the University of Pennsylvania.