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Jackson, Tenn. - James A. Baggett, former dean of the college of
arts and sciences and retired professor of history at 51ÉçÇø,
will be the keynote speaker at the university's second annual Founders Day
celebration Monday, Feb. 7 in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel at 10 a.m.
Baggett, who is currently writing a book on 175 years of Union's
history, will speak on George Martin Savage, a former president who served
at the beginning of the twentieth century and for whom the Jackson campus
chapel is named.
"It is important for institutions to be aware of their past even
as they point to their future," explained Union President David S.
Dockery. "Founders Day is a useful reminder to the entire Union
community that we can achieve great things because we stand on the
shoulders of giants."
An annual university event that was established in 1999, Founders Day
provides the Union community the opportunity to continually celebrate its
long and rich heritage of providing a liberal arts education in a
Christian context. Union is the oldest institution of higher education
associated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
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