* Lloyd W. Dunn; Retired Record Executive

Lloyd W. Dunn, retired president of the former Capitol Records International Corp. and who helped found the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, has died in his Encino residence. He was 84.

Dunn died Friday of cancer, his brother-in-law, Philip Barry, said.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dunn was a commercial artist, musician and writer. He worked for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. for 10 years in New York before coming to California in the late 1940s to open his own advertising agency. In 1950, he joined Capitol Records as vice president of merchandising and sales. He later served as vice president of artists and repertoire and as president of the former Capitol Records International Corp. In 1957, he and four other record executives helped found the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, which annually issues the Grammy awards. His autobiography, “On The Flip Side,” was published in 1975.

Dunn had been a board member of the Tim Hackley Foundation in Encino and was a member of the Gilbert & Sullivan Club of Encino, the Vikings in Los Angeles, and the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Priscilla Dunn of Encino; three sons, Jeffrey Dunn of San Francisco, Stephen Dunn of Newport Beach and Jonathan Dunn of Los Angeles; a brother, Linwood Dunn of Los Angeles, and a grandson.

A memorial service is scheduled at 1 p.m. Thursday at Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, in the Hollywood Hills. Forest Lawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills, is handling the arrangements. Donations can be made in Dunn’s name to the Braille Institute in Los Angeles.