06/17/2026
Some benches are just a place to rest. This one means a little more.
This month, we installed a new bench at South Fork Overlook, with sweeping views toward Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, and the Pacific. It was donated by longtime TPC member Ann Parode Dynes, in memory of her husband Robert Dynes, who passed away one year ago this month.
Bob was a physicist, a UC San Diego chancellor, and later president of the entire University of California system. But people who knew him remembered just as much his humor, his accessibility, and his genuine love for this community.
Ann has been a TPC member since 2017 and is a familiar face in La Jolla, where she spent decades as one of San Diego’s most respected attorneys. She served as President of both the San Diego County Bar Association and the Lawyers Club of San Diego, and as general counsel for UC San Diego, the same institution where Bob did some of his most important work.
It feels right that a bench honoring him sits here, looking out over the coast he called home.
If you’d like to honor someone you love in a place that will last, ask us about our bench program.
