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Pioneering Adoption Social Worker, Inez Baucum, Remembered
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A celebration of the life of Inez Baucum will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10 a.m., at the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas. Inez died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, after a brief illness.
Inez came to The Children's Home of Lubbock in 1955 to qualify the Home as a licensed placement agency for foster care and adoptions. She had earned her Bachelor's of Social Work Degree From the University of Oklahoma and her Master's Degree from the University of Chicago, and she came to the Home as the first social worker to serve in any child care program associated with the churches of Christ. In her 25 years at the Home she was responsible for the placement of over 600 children by adoption.
Inez retired from the Home in 1980 and continued her second career as a Professor of Social Work at Lubbock Christian University. She was instrumental in helping to establish the social work program at LCU, helping to achieve national certification for the program. She continued to teach for the next 15 years. Countless numbers of young people were taught and mentored by Inez during her working years.
In 1987 she was named by the Christian Chronicle as one of 100 Trail Blazers during the Twentieth Century. In 1993 she was selected to be the recipient of the Social Work Lifetime Achievement Award for the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Social Work. In 2008 she was honored by The Children's Home of Lubbock for her pioneering work in adoption.
Lynn R. Harms, President of The Children's Home of Lubbock, said, "Inez was a driving force, not only in the strength of our own program, but she influenced many other programs to become more professional in their care of children. Countless individuals have been inspired to become more effective workers for hurting children."
Today, The Children's Home of Lubbock pauses to thank our God for the many contributions Inez made to our success with children.
Memorials to honor Inez may be made to:
www.childshome.org
The Children's Home of Lubbock, PO Box 2824, Lubbock TX 79408, (806) 762-1481
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