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Living a Legacy
Looking Back — Students walked not from the Vines Center, but a tent for convocation in 1977 (Archives).
University blossoms over 40-year history
Dr.
Jerry Falwell met resistance to Lynchburg Baptist College in an odd place — his home.
His wife, Macel, needed convincing when Falwell revealed his plan of starting a Christian college 40 years ago.
“I said, ‘No, my kids are not going to that school,’” Macel Falwell said with a smile.
“I wasn‘t going to let my children go to it because I didn’t think they would get a good education.”
Her daughter, Jeannie, disarmed the couple with a sweet remark.
“Jeannie spoke up and said, ‘Daddy, I’ll go to your school,’” Macel Falwell said, explaining her doubts.
“I didn’t think he could do that. I didn’t know everything he said was going to happen would happen.”
Falwell, has watched Lynchburg Baptist College grow from 154 students in 1971 to over 60,000 Liberty University students both on campus and online.
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