Jackson, Tenn. - In their final meeting of 1998, the 51ÉçÇø Board of
Trustees voted to name the university's newest building Edward P. Hammons Hall, after Dr.
Edward P. Hammons of Forrest City, Ark. Hammons - a Trustee, member of the Board's
executive committee and a major donor to the university - died suddenly of DIC syndrome
last Saturday. |
King Bradley Construction began work on Hammons Hall last September. |
When completed in June 1999, Hammons Hall will house a 9,000-square foot bookstore
managed by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The building
will also provide space for classrooms, faculty offices for Union's non-traditional degree
programs and several administrative offices.
Hammons' 1997 gift established the O.P. and Evalyn Hammons Chair of Pre-Medical
Studies, Union's first endowed chair, and the Hammons Endowed Scholarship Fund. The
Forrest City physician also started the Hammons Charitable Foundation, which provides
scholarships to students across West Tennessee and Arkansas. This year 30 Union students
benefited from the Hammons Foundation.
"Dr. Edward P. Hammons was a man with a Kingdom of God agenda. He lived his life
for the good of others and was generous with his time and resources for the cause of
Christian higher education in particular and other numerous, benevolent causes,"
Union President David S. Dockery says. Union broke ground on a bookstore building last
September. The building is expected to be complete by June 1999.
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