* Dick R. Linch; Management Consultant

Dick R. Linch, 87, a management consultant who became a dedicated Glendale community leader and advocate for senior citizens. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Linch studied at Pasadena City College and Southwestern Law School, earning degrees in business administration, accounting and engineering. In 1981, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich appointed him to the county’s Productivity Advisory Committee, on which he served as vice chairman. In Glendale, he served on the city’s Civil Service Commission, the mayor’s Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, the Area Agency on Aging and an advisory committee to the Glendale Unified School District. He served as president of the Greater Glendale Committee on Aging and the Glendale Masonic Service Bureau and was active in Glendale Community Services. On May 16 in Glendale.