琼·弗罗斯特·利兰
慈善及社区服务
琼·弗罗斯特·利兰 was an exceptional individual with many varied interests. 作为一个年轻的女孩, she could not have imagined that one day she would be a Hardin-Simmons University White Horse Rider and ultimately make the largest financial donation to her alma mater in Hardin-Simmons’ history.
6月 Sloan Frost was born in 1919 in Breckenridge, 德州 to Fred and Juanita Frost. Fred was an attorney involved in oil and gas, and 6月 inherited his keen mind and interest in business and law. She attended primary school in San Antonio and the family moved to Abilene where she attended high school and Hardin-Simmons University.
在Hardin-Simmons, 琼参加了许多活动, which included riding one of the famous Six White Horses and representing the University at events from coast to coast. She liked to talk of her experiences meeting political figures and celebrities while traveling for HSU. She graduated in 1940 with degrees in secondary education and English.
和她妈妈一起, 6月 was active in social circles and often traveled from Abilene to Dallas for events and shopping. During WWII, 6月 worked, as did many women, at a defense plant in the Fort Worth area. 在沃斯堡, 6月 promoted both amateur and professional golf tournaments and even played a round at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth with the legendary Ben Hogan. She was also an avid bridge player and accomplished angler.
从小就开始, 6月, her friends and family traveled to Ruidoso, New Mexico in the summer-months and she would later move there in the mid-1950s. 狂热的马术爱好者, young 6月 led horseback tours in Ruidoso’s mountains and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. She became a charter member of the Ruidoso Jockey Club and was a lifelong fan of horse racing, continuing to attend 比赛s until shortly before her passing.
After a brief time back in Abilene, 6月 married Cy Leland, Jr. with whom she shared a love of travel and sports, often traveling to Dallas Cowboy and 德州 Tech Red Raider games as well as the games of other teams across the country. 利兰一家搬到了拉伯克, 德州, 后来去了埃斯蒂斯公园, 科罗拉多州, also maintaining a home in Hawaii where 夫人. Leland learned the Hawaiian language and took Hula dance classes. 不管她住在哪里. Leland was active in the community and involved with several charities.
In 1990, 赛死后, 琼·弗罗斯特·利兰 moved back to Ruidoso, 她和她心爱的猫住在哪里, 姜. 在Ruidoso, she was active in church and the Women’s Club, worked as a volunteer at Lincoln County Medical Center and contributed generously to local and national charities. 夫人. Leland’s charitable activity also included the establishment of The 6月 Frost Wildlife Foundation, an organization that operates a preserve for the endangered Prairie Chicken and other plains wildlife on her land in Yoakum County, 德州.
她死后, Hardin-Simmons University was notified that 琼·弗罗斯特·利兰 had bequeathed a large gift to her beloved alma mater. That gift totaled more than $9 million and which still stands today as the largest financial gift to Hardin-Simmons in the institution’s 130-year history. Each year, outstanding students in the Honors Program are designated as Leland Scholars. These students are grateful beneficiaries of 夫人. 利兰惊人的慷慨.
For her life accomplishments and for her exceedingly generous support of her alma mater, Hardin-Simmons University proudly and gratefully inducts 琼·弗罗斯特·利兰 into the HSU 领袖堂.
