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WACO, Texas (March 9, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a $1.5 million gift from the Prichard Family Foundation and Ella Wall Prichard, B.A. '63, of Corpus Christi, to establish an endowed faculty position that will further the research and work of the nationally renowned Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, as well as scholarship in the areas of Black worship, preaching and studies.
The Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship, which will receive matching funds through the
Baylor Academic Challenge, will provide faculty endowment for research that will advance the Human Flourishing, Leadership and Ethics Initiative within