DBU REPORT 24 Jill Reeves, a long-time friend of the University, recently visited DBU and presented the University with additional items to add to the Lord Bernard Braine of Wheatley Collection, which is housed in Pilgrim Chapel. Lord Bernard Braine served as a member of the House of Parliament in the UK for five decades, beginning with his election in 1950. Throughout his amazing career in English politics, Lord Braine continued to fight for conservative causes as well as human rights around the world. He was well-loved in the House, and from 19871992 served as Father of the House, an honor reserved for the longest consecutively serving Member of Parliament. In 1992, he stepped down from his seat in the House of Commons and was given a life-time peerage as a member of the House of Lords. In 1988, he began a relationship with DBU, serving as Chair of the Board of Visitors and often lecturing on campus. After he passed away in 2000, Richard and Jill Reeves, long-time friends of Lord Braine, chose to provide DBU with his papers, speeches, and other memorabilia. No stranger to public life, Jill Reeves has served as a County Councilor of the Benfleet and Hadleigh divisions of Essex since 1985, serving on a variety of committees and panels. This spring, she was named Chairman of the Essex County Council, having previously served as Vice Chairman. “We are so grateful for the friendship of Jill and Richard Reeves,” explained DBU President Dr. Adam Wright, who recently had a chance to visit with the Reeveses while he and his wife, Candice, were in the UK. JILL REEVES ADDS TO LORD BERNARD BRAINE COLLECTION “They are such fine examples of servant leaders, constantly seeking ways to make their community better, and it is an extra blessing to have new items to place into the Lord Braine Collection.” DBU President Dr. Adam C. Wright with wife, Candice, and Jill and Richard Reeves (above) Several of the latest items that were donated to the Lord Bernard Braine of Wheatley Collection (below) Dr. Blake Killingsworth, Dean of the Cook School of Leadership; Jill Reeves; and Dr. Gary Cook, DBU Chancellor
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