BIO: Per Summer 1998 issue of "The World of Hibernia," Bill Flynn, then 70, and Chairman of Mutual of America, is a figure of huge importance throughout Irish and Northern Irish affairs. The son of a Northerner, whose relations back in Co. Down grow mushrooms on the family land, Flynn has contributed immeasurably to peace in Northern Ireland. Flynn has used his extensive business contacts and influence to encourage parties on both sides of the conflict to come together in NY, he has also lectured frequently on the problems in the North, educating Americans about the causes of this centuries-old conflict. Like the legendary giant Finn MacCool of Irish lore, Flynn has proven himself a giant among men. Bill Flynn has first-generation connections to Ireland, his family names Flynn and Connors, their counties of origin Mayo and Down.