弗兰克Junell

著名的西德克萨斯公民领袖，1934年文学学士

作为PG电子游戏的朋友, 弗兰克Junell continually proved that no matter where life took the Simmons University student, he would always remember the friends he made and the education he received. 一个彻头彻尾的西德克萨斯人, he never stayed too far away from the region he loved, even while building a reputation as an upstanding businessman.

弗兰克Junell was born in Sulphur Springs, 德州, on October 29, 1914. He attended school in Brady where he was drum major in the high school band. He later moved with his family to Abilene, and graduated from Abilene High School in 1931. He became an important part of Hardin-Simmons大学 with his first steps on campus. 一个精力充沛、投入的学生, he was active as vice president of the freshman class, 二年级的班长, 各种俱乐部和组织的成员, 品牌编辑, and publicity manager for the 德州 Intercollegiate Press Association. 他的同学包括. 埃尔温L. HSU前校长Skiles女士. Ollie Lena Olsen, daughter of long-time science professor and dean Dr. 朱利叶斯·奥尔森博士. Virginia Connally, Abilene physician and previous 领袖堂 inductee. 因此, Frank was in good company when he began his long association with the little West 德州 Baptist college known as Simmons University.

He was well-liked at school, a fact emphasized by his diplomatic editorials in the Brand, as Dr. 鲁珀特·N. Richardson noted in his Hardin-Simmons history book Famous are Thy Halls, “…one week he urged upper-classmen to be kind to freshman, and in the next paper warned freshmen not to be fresh.” He went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree from Simmons in 1934, 遇见了他的妻子, 玛克辛(原名西蒙斯), 1937届毕业生. 他们于1935年结婚.

毕业后, Frank earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia and then continued at Simmons as an instructor of journalism. He and Maxine moved from Abilene in 1936 with then-HSU dean of students Dr. Dossie米. 威金斯到德州矿业学院 & Metallurgy (now the University of 德州 at El Paso) as registrar and chairman of the journalism department. Frank had the distinction of teaching the first-ever journalism classes while broadcasting the Miners’ football games. 他也曾是约翰博士的助手. 维金斯直到1941年, when Frank joined the many men and women serving the United States in World War II. 他是联合国的成员.S. 1942年到1945年的海军, serving a second stint from 1951 to 1952 during the Korean War, 并最终获得美国陆军上尉军衔.S. 海军储备. 在他服役期间, Frank worked as a sales manager for Roderick Broadcasting Company in El Paso from 1946-48, and as assistant to Dossie Wiggins once again when the latter became president of 德州 Tech University.

回到平民生活后, Frank was welcomed back to the Forty Acres as the new financial vice president in 1952, 他的职务一直持续到1954年. This began his long association with various financial institutions. He served as vice president of Citizens National Bank in Lubbock from 1955 to 1959; executive vice president of the same from 1959 to 1966; and finally, as elected president of the Central National Bank in San Angelo, 德州, 1966年任董事长，1973年任董事长. 除了, Frank also held directorships at the First National Bank of Kerrville, 布朗伍德的第一国民银行, 里根大湖州立银行, 科尔曼银行, 兰金第一州立银行, 以及达拉斯联邦储备银行.

朱内尔既是一位公民领袖，也是一位金融领袖, serving on the boards of various organizations including as trustee of the Shannon West 德州 Memorial Hospital, chairman of the board of regents of 德州 Tech University, PG电子官方免费下载律师事务所董事长兼受托人. He served as chairman and president of the West 德州 Chamber of Commerce, 在国家使团委员会的董事会任职, 西德克萨斯康复中心, and the Public Relations Advisory Committee for the Baptist General Convention of 德州, and as a member of the board of directors of the Baptist Foundation of 德州. In the midst of all his professional and civic duties, 弗兰克是三个孩子的忠实父亲, 抢劫, 丹, 和珍妮丝, and still found time for soccer games with his grandchildren.

Hardin-Simmons recognized his hard work and generous spirit by conferring upon him an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1986. In 1999 he received the Keeter 校友 Award, the highest alumni award offered at Hardin-Simmons.

在他职业生涯的后期, he was noted as a West 德州 powerbroker in a 1987 德州 Monthly feature, 被列为圣安吉洛公民权力的唯一来源. He was recognized the same year as the Outstanding Economic Developer of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Division for his “significant leadership, 他的态度, 以及他完成工作的能力.”

His ties with the educational community were honored by both Angelo State University and 德州 Tech Law School with endowed scholarships in his name. Angelo State’s recently constructed multipurpose center also bears his name in recognition of his family’s many contributions to the institution.

弗兰克·朱内尔于10月15日去世, 2000年，85岁高龄, before he could see the completion of the Angelo State University Junell Center, or his imminent induction into the HSU 领袖堂. 不过, his legacy will live on in the hearts of his family and in the lives of the students of each university made better by his association. His accolades are numerous and well-deserved, and we are proud to add one more.

It is the high honor of Hardin-Simmons大学 to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 弗兰克Junell into the HSU 领袖堂.