Issue: Summer 2014 | Posted: June 2, 2014

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Thornburys depart for The King's College

Union administration prays over the Thornburys.

Greg and Kimberly Thornbury returned to Union University’s campus early in the fall semester for a final farewell to the Union community as the couple launched a new chapter in their lives in New York.

Greg with the T-girls.

Greg, the former dean of the School of Theology and Missions, became president of The King’s College in New York City July 9. Kimberly transitioned from being Union’s senior vice president for student services and dean of students to The King’s College’s first lady and special assistant to the president for strategic planning. The Thornburys served at Union for 15 years.

“At the very end of it all, I have nothing better to say to you than look to Christ,” Greg Thornbury said at a dinner gathering to honor the couple.

The Thornburys received several gifts, including a drawing of Union’s Miller Tower and a rare, framed copy of a 1960 Christianity Today article by theologian Carl F.H. Henry, entitled “Do We Need a Christian University?” The piece made a case for Christian higher education in New York City.

Greg Thornbury spoke in chapel, and then the couple greeted well-wishers during a reception in their honor at the Carl Grant Events Center.