Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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Hyran E. Barefoot Inaugurated As Fourteenth President After a week of festive events. Dr. Hyran E. Barefoot was inaugurated as the four- teenth president of Union Uni- versity on Friday. October 16. at 10:00 am in the G.M. Sav- age Memorial Chapel. The In- augural Address was present- ed by Dr. Penrose St. Amant. senior professor of church his- tory at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The In- vestiture of the new president was conducted by Mr. John Drinnon. chairman of the Union Board of Trustees. Union s -month search for a presiden t came to an end on February 27. 1987. when the Board of Trustees an- nounced they had chosen Dr. Hyran E. Barefoot. A native of Mississippi. Dr. Barefoot has been associated with Union for over 30 years. His respon- sibilities have included teach- ing, chairing two departments and one division, serving as Academic Dean. Vice-Presi- dent of Academic Affairs and Interim President. Barefoot re- ceived a B.A. from Mississippi College in 1949. a B.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theologi- cal Seminary in 1952, and a Th.D. from New Orleans Bap- tist Theological Seminary. He has done post-graduate study at the University of New Mexi- co in Albuquerque, the Uni- versity of St. Andrews in St. Andrews. Scotland, and the Baptist Theological Seminary in Ruschlikon, Switzerland. Dr. Barefoot is listed in the Dictionary of International Bi- ography, and Marquis Who ' s Who in the South and the Southwest, the Outs tanding Personalities of the South, the Outstanding Educators of America, the Directory of American Scholars, the Inter- national Scholar ' s Directory and the American Biographi- cal Institute. President Barefoot has adopted as his motto for Union A Reaffirmation: Com- mitment to Faith and Learn- ing. This motto embodies his belief that the Administration, faculty, and students of Union University strive for academic excellence based on Christian principles. Hyran E. Barefoot raises his right hand and takes the oath as the Fourteenth President of Union University while Mrs. Barefoot stands by his side and holds the Bible

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]l ll A VeW Oh what a year it turned out to be in the United States! it was a year filled with scan- dal, politics, big deals, and music! It turned out to be an especially bad . . . continued T-RI ' T-E -N- T ' RFV-I-A