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Devotedly Virginia
DEVOTEDLY, VIRGINIA: A Commissioned Biography
Amazon
“If this biography inspires even one young woman standing on the threshold of adulthood to strive for grace and excellence of character, to succeed beyond the world’s milder and more ordinary expectations, to become ‘more like Virginia,’ then my book will have succeeded far beyond its prescribed scope.” So writes author Melissa Pritchard in the preface to Devotedly, Virginia: The Life of Virginia Galvin Piper. Virginia Galvin Piper committed herself to the challenge, reward and vocation of philanthropy, transforming the gift of a single life into an enduring humanitarian legacy. With profound generosity, she led others to realize and to act upon the greatness and charity within themselves. Stewardship was a powerful impulse in Virginia G. Piper’s life. She believed she was a steward—that the money Paul Galvin left in her care was for the benefit of the community and the work of God. Through the establishment of The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and the dedicated work of its trustees, Virginia’s
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Virginia Piper kidnapping
Virginia Piper, the wife of Harry "Bobby" Piper, the chairman and CEO of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, investment firm Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood, Inc., was kidnapped on July 27, 1972, while gardening outside her home in Orono, Minnesota. She was held chained to a tree for two nights in Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth.[1] After receiving a ransom payment of $1 million from her husband, the kidnappers called an unconnected person and told them her location.[1] Shortly afterward, Piper was found and released by the FBI.[1]
The kidnapping received national attention for several reasons: the prominence of the victim and her husband; the time (broad daylight) and location (a large and opulent estate) of her kidnapping; the time of the arrest of the two men eventually charged with the crime—just days before the five-year statute of limitations expired in 1977; their acquittal on appeal in 1979; and the fact that only $4,000 of the ransom the kidnappers received was ever recovered.[2]
This section needs expans By Melissia Pritchard With exceptional intelligence and grace, Virginia Galvin Piper committed herself to the challenge, reward and vocation of philanthropy, transforming the gift of a single life into an enduring humanitarian legacy. With profound generosity, she led others to realize and to act upon the greatness and charity within themselves. Born on December 7, 1911, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Virginia Critchfield’s exposure to solid Midwestern values laid the foundation for an intellectually vibrant personality, creatively gifted and genuinely interested in others. Although her philanthropic career began under the tutelage of her first husband, Paul V. Galvin, founder of Motorola, Virginia actively, and in her own right, rose to the responsibilities of stewardship. Following Paul Galvin’s death in 1959, Virginia chose to retain her philanthropic duties, expanding her charitable commitments even further. ASU professor and biographer Melissa Pritchard talks about Virginia G. Piper on KJZZ Listen Now Upon movin
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