Lynn at her daughter Kelsey’s nursing pinning ceremony.

Lynn (Monticone) McCormack was born and raised in Hanson, MA. She was a Nurse’s Aide at Plymouth County Hospital in Hanson and after graduating from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, she attended SMU (now UMass Dartmouth) to study Nursing. In 1989, she graduated from the College of Nursing & Allied Health at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Lynn worked as a registered nurse at Cardinal Cushing Hospital in Brockton and as a visiting nurse on the south shore for nearly 20 years, until she cared for one particular patient ill with cancer. After serving as his visiting nurse until his passing, Lynn resolved to commit her entire nursing career to fighting cancer. She obtained the coveted professional credential as an oncology-certified nurse (OCN) and soon after became one of the first oncology nurses hired at the new Dana Farber Cancer Institute in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She considered this her dream job.

Lynn lived a wonderful life as a daughter, sister, wife, nurse, mother, and grandmother for many years until her diagnosis of ALS in early 2021. She bravely endured everything to continue to be with her family. She never stopped thinking of others and trying to provide as much as she could for all those close to her.

ALS took her life in 2023, But her family’s love for her is unmistakable and will live on forever.

Today, the family of Lynn M. McCormack, WHRHS Class of 1980, is making a scholarship opportunity available to a graduating student of WHRHS, who intends to pursue a career in the field of Nursing to honor Lynn’s legacy and to celebrate a wonderful life that mattered so much to all whom she touched. The student must be accepted into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in order to be considered.

The Lynn McCormack Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that awards an annual scholarship to graduating seniors of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School who have chosen to pursue a career in nursing.

From the articles of incorporation: Provide need-based and merit-based scholarships, on a yearly basis and in varying amounts, to students who have been accepted into a Bachelor of Science Nursing Program. To support the pursuit of education, training, and careers in the field of nursing. To reduce the barriers to workforce entry in the field of nursing, and relieve some of the financial burden that students will incur in attending college or university. To honor and preserve the legacy of Mrs. Lynn M. McCormack, BSN, RN, OCN.