Longtime 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 friend and supporter Virginia Ginny Moats was just two days short of her 106th birthday when she passed away on Oct. 1, 2018. One of the namesakes of Moats Lecture Hall in the Crowell School of Business building, Ginny now leaves a legacy at 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 with the creation of two new endowed scholarships, established with her final gift: the Wendell Alton Moats & Virginia Evelyn Moats Music Scholarship and the Wendell Alton Moats & Virginia Evelyn Moats Business Endowment. 

Ginny was a wise and prudent investor who, decades ago, took a small risk and got in on the initial public offering of a little-known company that made WD-40, a brand that is now known globally. After her late husband, Wendell Moats, passed away in 2001, she contributed the stock that had grown over their 30 years of marriage to the business schools fundraising campaign in Wendells name, resulting in the creation of Moats Lecture Hall. They had started supporting 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 students as a couple, and today the hall remains an ongoing testament to their love for 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 students. 

Born in Chicago in 1912, Ginny experienced heartache early. By 22, she had lost both her parents and was raising her younger sister. Her first marriage was to Alvin Kunke, an attorney, whom she married shortly after her mother died. In 1942, they moved from Chicago to Altadena, Calif., and were active members of Pasadenas Lake Avenue Church. While they were vacationing in Hawaii, her husband passed away at age 61. 

For 17 years, Ginny was the owner of Ginnys Bibn Tucker, a children and womens apparel store, before she closed the store and eventually moved to La Jolla, Calif., where she met Wendell. Wendell was a retired Christian businessman and widower who was originally from Iowa. He and Ginny shared a similar background, as he also lost his parents at a young age when they and his fathers grandparents were killed in a train accident. He knew financial hardship and worked multiple jobs to complete his college and law school degrees.

When Ginny was honored by 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 with the 2013 Anna Horton Ruby Award for Life- time Commitment and Service, she said, We didnt have children, and so we loved all ages of kids, and we just loved the teenagers that were going to 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023. Its a wonderful place and Ive had so much joy being a tiny part of it. 

Each time Ginny received a note from a student, she would joyfully answer it. Though she had to forgo college, she was passion- ate about higher education, and was always looking for a way to offer financial support to students. In her later years, she was known to find valuable antiques or jewelry in her home and turn its financial value over to 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 to fund student scholarships. To continue her and her late husbands impact on 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 students, and as a testament to their good and faithful service to the Lord, Ginny arranged to leave proceeds from her estate to fund two significant endowments for students in music and business. 

晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 cherishes its many years of friendship with Ginny and is grateful to God for using her to impact this rising generation of Christian students," said Adam Morris, vice president of advancement and strategic planning.