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E. LeBron Fairbanks
E. LeBron Fairbanks (born July 27, 1942 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President ''emeritus'' of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President ''emeritus'' of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011.〔("General Board recognizes E. LeBron Fairbanks" ), ''NCN News'' (March 1, 2012).〕 Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education and Lay Ministry Development, and Coordinator of the Master of Ministry program at Bethany Nazarene College (1982–1984); the 2nd President of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Taytay, Rizal, the Philippines from September 1984 to July 1989; and the 5th President of Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio for over 17 years from July 1989 until his retirement on January 31, 2007.〔("General Board recognizes E. LeBron Fairbanks" ), ''NCN News'' (March 1, 2012).〕〔("E. Lebron Fairbanks: Sketches" ), ''Holiness Today'' (November–December 2007).〕
==Early life and education==
Edward LeBron Fairbanks was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 27, 1942,〔Carrie A. Crouch, ("Fairbanks’ Legacy: Dream big, and trust in the Lord" ), ''Mount Vernon Now'' 42:1 (Winter 2007):4-6.〕 the oldest of the four children of Edward T. Fairbanks (born February 27, 1918 in Chattanooga, Tennessee; died April 1977 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania),〔Number: 410-10-6701; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951. Social Security Administration. ''Social Security Death Index, Master File''. Social Security Administration.〕 a woodworker at the Cavalier Furniture Company,〔United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. Year: 1940; Census Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3951; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 96-9.〕 and his wife, Ruby Bernice Woody Fairbanks (born August 30, 1916 in Alabama; died March 31, 1973 in Hialeah, Florida),〔Year: 1920; Census Place: Athens, Limestone, Alabama; Roll: T625_27; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 922. ''Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920''. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.〕〔Year: 1930; Census Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: 2251; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 38; Image: 852.0; FHL microfilm: 2341985. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.〕〔State of Florida. ''Florida Death Index, 1877-1998''. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.〕 a knitter in a hosiery mill.〔Year: 1940; Census Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3953; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 96-72. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.'' Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940.〕 Fairbanks is the older brother of Charles Freeman Fairbanks;〔Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 2. ''Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958''. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis 1848-1907.〕 Carolyn Faye Fairbanks-Alford Lawson;〔(Dunham "Harry Dunham" ), ''The Daily Standard'' (Celina, OH: October 5, 2005).〕 and Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Russ Fairbanks,〔("Dr. Larry R. Fairbanks" ), ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'' (Chattanooga, TN: August 3, 2008).〕 who served as a pastor with the Church of the Nazarene for 28 years, and was District Superintendent of the Northwestern Ohio District, Church of the Nazarene (1998–2008).〔("Northwestern Ohio D.S. passes away unexpectedly" ), ''NCN News'' (August 1, 2008).〕
By 1955, Edward T. Fairbanks was a policeman and Bernice was a cashier at a Red Food store in Chattanooga, and they were residing with their three surviving children at the Woodlawn Apartments, a low income housing complex.〔''Chattanooga City Directory'' (1955):994.〕 Fairbanks later described his childhood years as impoverished,〔E. LeBron Fairbanks, ("Looking Back and Moving Forward" ), Speech, at Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet, MVNU (August 23, 2005):2.〕 unhappy and miserable, primarily due to his father's alcoholism.〔E. LeBron Fairbanks, ("Does a liberal arts education make any difference?" ), April 4, 2011; reprinted from "Does a liberal arts education make any difference?", ''Mount Vernon NOW'' (Spring 2011).〕〔E. LeBron Fairbanks, ("Looking Back and Moving Forward" ), Speech, at Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet, MVNU (August 23, 2005):2.〕
In December 2010, Fairbanks, reflecting on his childhood, wrote: "As children, my brother and sister heard often from an earthly father that we were nothing. But God, by His mercy and grace found us and transformed us, chose to call us and use us!"〔E. LeBron Fairbanks, ("Advent Reflection #7" ), December 21, 2010.〕
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