1940
Alan
2021
Alan Ahrens
January 4, 1940 — September 3, 2021
Alan B. Ahrens, a business executive and educator, died on September 3, 2021. He was born on January 4, 1940, in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Chatham, NJ. He was the son of Dorothy and Judson Ahrens, a national accounts sales manager with the New York Telephone Company. He graduated with a BA from Hamilton College in 1961 and an MBA from Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.
He served in a variety of management positions with several companies for twenty-five years. His business career took him to Maine, New York City, Richmond, VA, Portland, OR, and back to Richmond. Along the way, he taught a few courses as an adjunct faculty member at a community college and found he enjoyed teaching. In 1990, he made a career change and became Dean of Instruction at a career college in Richmond and, subsequently, Director of Education of another career college in Lynchburg. Since 2006, he served as a mentor with SCORE, advising over 20 business and non-profit organizations throughout the Lynchburg area.
He is survived by his daughter Courtney, a Professor at California State University at Long Beach, his son-in-law, Ed, and his grandson, Braden (age 12); son Chandler, an Architect and Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, his daughter-in-law Joelle, and granddaughters Seneca (age 12) and Mira (age 11); brother Jay and daughter-in-law Jean of Savannah, GA; and niece Jennifer and her husband Christopher of Arlington, MA.
A celebration of Alan’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2021 in the Chapel of Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest that those wishing to send memorial contributions please consider: SCORE: https://scorefoundation.org/donate/; Lynchburg Symphony: http://lynchburgsymphony.org/donate/; or Habitat for Humanity: https://www.lynchburghabitat.org/donate/
Click here to view Alan’s tribute video
He served in a variety of management positions with several companies for twenty-five years. His business career took him to Maine, New York City, Richmond, VA, Portland, OR, and back to Richmond. Along the way, he taught a few courses as an adjunct faculty member at a community college and found he enjoyed teaching. In 1990, he made a career change and became Dean of Instruction at a career college in Richmond and, subsequently, Director of Education of another career college in Lynchburg. Since 2006, he served as a mentor with SCORE, advising over 20 business and non-profit organizations throughout the Lynchburg area.
He is survived by his daughter Courtney, a Professor at California State University at Long Beach, his son-in-law, Ed, and his grandson, Braden (age 12); son Chandler, an Architect and Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, his daughter-in-law Joelle, and granddaughters Seneca (age 12) and Mira (age 11); brother Jay and daughter-in-law Jean of Savannah, GA; and niece Jennifer and her husband Christopher of Arlington, MA.
A celebration of Alan’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2021 in the Chapel of Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest that those wishing to send memorial contributions please consider: SCORE: https://scorefoundation.org/donate/; Lynchburg Symphony: http://lynchburgsymphony.org/donate/; or Habitat for Humanity: https://www.lynchburghabitat.org/donate/
Click here to view Alan’s tribute video
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