

Lytton’s dedication to the field of financial planning has been widely acknowledged by industry professionals. In 2021, the Charles Schwab Charitable Foundation recognized the program as one of the best in the nation by establishing a $500,000 scholarship endowment for students.

The program, now the financial planning and wealth management major, graduates about 75 students every year with a nearly 100 percent placement rate. Her leadership, passion, and engagement has led to national acclaim for the program because of its exemplary instruction and dedicated students and faculty. She managed the program thereafter as its founding and continuing director. Nominated individuals who are approved by the board receive a copy of the resolution and a certificate of appreciation.Ī member of the Virginia Tech community since 1984, Lytton helped establish Virginia Tech’s Financial Planning Program that was registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. The emerita title may be conferred on retired professors, associate professors, and administrative officers who are specially recommended to the board by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands in recognition of exemplary service to the university. Ruth Lytton, professor of financial planning in the Pamplin College of Business Department of Finance at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
