by Melissa Ramirez Cooper, ELCA News Service
Texas Lutheran University (TLU), Seguin, Texas, received a pledge
of $1 million in stock value from Lee D. Mueller Jr. and Barbara
Frenzel Mueller, LaGrange, Texas. TLU is one of 28 colleges and
universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA). The gift will be used to expand TLU's AT&T Science
Facility, which will be completed in 2007. The expansion will
include a 3,000 square-foot floor that will house a lab and
classrooms for pre-engineering and physics classes.
"We are excited and pleased to receive this wonderful pledge, and
we thank the Muellers for their generosity," said Dr. Jon N. Moline,
TLU president. "This is a testament to our ongoing commitment to
prepare our students academically, spiritually and socially in a
community of faith and learning," he said.
Lee Mueller earned a bachelor's degree from TLU in 1958. He
earned a degree in theology from the Evangelical Lutheran
Theological Seminary (now Trinity Lutheran Seminary), Columbus,
Ohio, and served as a minister for several years. Trinity is one
of eight seminaries of the ELCA. Barbara Mueller attended TLU
and became a teacher and counselor, serving 33 years in
education. Since 1963 the Mueller family has owned and operated
Live Oaks Farms, a registered Angus cattle ranch in Fayette
County, Texas.
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
