弗吉尼亚(兰德尔)巴勒斯

仆人领袖，英国航空公司1950

Virginia Burroughs has been a servant leader in her community for more than 60 years. As her husband’s career moved the family across 德州 and Oklahoma, Virginia was faithful to seek out opportunities to mentor, 在她的教堂里教书, 带领学生学习圣经.

Virginia Ethel (Randel) Burroughs was born August 19, 1929, in Wichita Falls, 德州. 詹姆斯·兰德尔和卡琳·兰德尔的长女, Virginia graduated from Wichita Falls High School in 1946. 随后，她进入大陆博彩平台就读, 她学的是演讲戏剧专业, 辅修英语. 在大陆博彩平台读书时, 维吉尼亚是球员俱乐部的成员, Alpha Psi Omega, 及学生会.

她遇到了她的丈夫, 格伦, 在Hardin-Simmons, and the couple married in the summer of 1950 after both had graduated from HSU. They lived in Abilene until 1955 when 格伦’s career in the oil exploration industry began to move the young family from 德州 to Oklahoma and back to 德州 again.

It is said that behind every great man stands a great woman. 弗吉妮娅绝对是那种女人. 格伦在石油业中步步高升, Virginia was busy not only in the day-to-day tasks of being a mother to their three children, 凯, Mark, 和约翰, 她也在主的事工上服事.

In 1974 Virginia became involved as a leader in Bible Study Fellowship, an international non-denominational Bible study ministry. 查经团契, she served as a class administrator in 1974 in Conroe, 德州, as a discussion leader in the 达拉斯 class from 1975 to 1980, 也是嘉兰的教学领袖, 德州, 从1980年到1990年.

最终于1975年在达拉斯定居, 维吉尼亚开始在学院系教书, and then in the young adult division at First Baptist Church, 达拉斯. 在她的圣经学习团契教学期间, she took a sabbatical from teaching at the church until 1990 when she began teaching a weekday ladies Bible study there. 她教那个班直到2005年.

Since 1995, she also has taught an English Bible class in the Chinese Fellowship at her church. Virginia continues to teach English as a Second Language on a weekly basis at her church from September through May, 让她不仅仅是老师. She develops lasting relationships with her students and their families.

She served as a member of the Pastor’s 搜索 Committee for First Baptist Church of 达拉斯 in 1992-93. She has been a volunteer reader for North 德州 Taping and Radio for the Blind and a guest speaker for several women’s church retreats.

多年来, 弗吉尼亚和格伦喜欢旅行, 花时间在红河, 新墨西哥, 和夏威夷, 还有在加拿大的直升机徒步旅行. They participated in two mission-building trips to Angel Fire, 新墨西哥, 帮助建立天使之火浸信会教堂. They were also involved in mission-building trips to Vancouver, Canada; Wasilla, Alaska; and Maui, 夏威夷. 弗吉尼亚继续前进, having visited Israel in 2010 with former missionaries from her church, 在夏威夷度假.

Virginia has given back to her alma mater with her time and talent, having served on the HSU Board of Trustees from 1986 to 1995. She also served as chair of the Advancement Committee while a member of the board. Virginia was a member of the 1990-91 Presidential 搜索 Committee for Hardin-Simmons that selected Dr. 兰尼·霍尔将接替博士. 杰西·C. 弗莱彻担任主席.

在他们近60年的婚姻生活中, she and 格伦 have not only given their time to HSU, but have also been strong financial supporters of the university. 在2009年格伦去世后, Virginia established the 格伦 Burroughs Endowed Memorial Business Scholarship to benefit students who are business majors.

在一起, she and 格伦 established the 詹姆斯 Randel Athletic Endowment in memory of her father, 詹姆斯. L. Randel, a 1921 graduate of HSU who lettered in baseball as a student. The couple also established the 格伦 and Virginia Burroughs Endowed Scholarship in 1986.

Virginia is a lifetime member of the HSU Presidents Club, 1996年, Hardin-Simmons University bestowed upon her the Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.

We 在Hardin-Simmons University join with her children and grandchildren as we “rise up and call her blessed.”

It is the high honor of Hardin-Simmons University to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 弗吉尼亚(兰德尔)巴勒斯 into the HSU 领袖堂.