Southwestern Assemblies of God University - Southwesterner Yearbook (Waxahachie, TX)

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Dedication Mrs. Elizabeth Galley Wilson led a most interesting life before joining the faculty at Southwestern. She received her Th.B. degree from SAGC and went on to receive her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Christian University. Concerning her education, Mrs. Wilson pursued further graduate work at the College of Chinese Studies in Peking, China, Yale University, and North Texas State University. Mrs. Wilson is an ordained minister with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. In 1939 she went to China, the land of her calling, as a missionary. On arriving in China, she entered school and began her missionary work. China was war torn and as Japan began to advance on Peking, she fled the country by airplane to the Philippines and there entered school again. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, all mission- aries were accounted for except Mrs. Wilson. Months passed and no word was ever received of her whereabouts or condition. Much intercessory prayer was made for her safety, and God miraculously brought her through three and one-half years of internment in a Japanese prison camp. Q This is the picture used on the prayer card of Rev. and -Mrs. A. E. Wilson as they prepared to leave for the African mission field in 1952. It is interesting to note that our own President Farmer was serving on the Task Force of the Third Fleet of the United States Navy that, at the end of the war, freed Mrs. Wilson and the other prisoners of war held throughout the Philippines. In 1948 Mrs. Wilson came to Southwestern as teacher and head of the Missions Department. During the next six years Southwestern broke several records in missionary giving. In 1952 she married A. E. Wilson, a missionary to Africa. Upon leaving Southwestern in 1954, the Wilsons went to Africa as missionaries. A year later Mrs. Wilson authored a book, Making Many Rich, which gives a historical background of the Assemblies of Cod in Africa. Due to her health, the Wilsons returned to the States and Mrs. Wilson again taught at Southwestern in 1957 and 1958. ' After that date, the Wilsons moved to Southern California where they were associate pastors to the R. L. Davises for three years. Fortunately, the Wilsons felt drawn back to Texas. Mrs. Wilson has now been with Southwestern since 1963. She is Assistant professor with teaching fields in history, missions, and religion. She is chairman of the Social Science Department, sponsor of Sigma Tau Sigma, and a member of the Academic Affairs Committee. Besides being a very competent and capable teacher, she is a professional leader in various organizations. She is a charter member of the Conference on Faith and History Association, a member of the Texas State Junior College Assoc-iation, the American Historical Association, and the American Association of University Women. In recognition and appreciation for her dedicated life in both the ministry of the church and the college, the Southwesterner staff dedicates this 1969 edition of the Annual to MRS. ELIZABETH GALLEY WILSON. I9