请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Hank Erwin
释义

  1. Biography

  2. 2010 Lt. Governor campaign

  3. References

  4. External links

{{BLP refimprove|date=May 2016}}{{Infobox State Senator
| image =
| name=Senator Henry E. Erwin Jr.
| image name=
| state_senate=Alabama
| state=Alabama
| district=14th
| term_start=2002
| term_end=2010
| preceded=
| succeeded=Incumbent
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|04|02}}
| birth_place=Birmingham, Alabama
| death_date=
| death_place=
| spouse=Shelia Joyce Erwin
| residence=Montevallo, Alabama
| profession=talk show host
| religion=Evangelical Protestant and also was the sports chaplain at Woodlawn High School which helped them succeed during the 1970's and made Tony Nathan's an all star football prospect.
| website=http://www.senatorerwin.com/
| party=Republican
|}}

Henry Eugene "Hank" Erwin Jr. (April 2, 1949) is a Christian evangelical. Erwin was a broadcaster and a former Republican State Senator in Alabama, USA, representing the 14th District, from 2002 until 2010. He represented portions of Jefferson, Shelby, Bibb and Chilton counties.

Biography

Erwin was the son of Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin Sr., a U.S. Army Air Forces sergeant who earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from Ensley High School in 1967, before going on to earn degrees at Troy State University (1972), Southeastern Bible College (1974), and the Dallas Seminary (1981).

Erwin broke into broadcasting in the 1970s and served radio and TV stations in Dallas, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama, for almost 35 years. He was elected to the Alabama Senate in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. He was a member of the Southern Baptist Church.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Erwin and his wife, Sheila, have two sons, Andrew and Jon Erwin. Before their sons could drive a car, they wanted to make movies. Erwin and wife, Sheila, bought those video cameras and Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures began. Erwin says his two sons, four years apart in age, were only in junior high school. As teenagers, Jon and Andy Erwin honed their skills by shooting short films for a youth camp in New York and operating video cameras for ESPN.

In 2015, the brothers made the film "Woodlawn". The film begins with Erwin, a composite character based on the filmmakers' father,{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} speaking at Woodlawn High School on a day of high racial tension. Birmingham was called "Bombingham" due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965. "Hank", an outsider, asks to speak to the Woodlawn football team and real change begins. Hank, who has been radically affected by the message of hope and love he experienced at a Billy Graham Christian revival meeting in Dallas, Texas, tells the players a "better way" is possible through following Jesus. More than 40 players, nearly the entire team, black and white, give their lives over to Jesus Christ and the spiritual change has a profound effect on the coach, the school and the community. "Woodlawn" is the true story of how faith in God saved a city torn apart by racism.

2010 Lt. Governor campaign

In April 2009, Erwin announced his plans to seek the position of Alabama Lieutenant Governor against then-incumbent Jim Folsom Jr.[1] He received the endorsement of the Alabama GOP Senate Caucus, eight city mayors, the Trussville Tea Party and the Cullman Tea Party, and Governor Bob Riley.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Kay Ivey announced a switch from the governor's race to the lieutenant governor's race on March 31, 2010. Ivey defeated both Erwin and Daphne schoolteacher Gene Ponder by a significant margin in the June 1, 2010 primary.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Ivey went on to be elected as lieutenant governor and was sworn in as governor in 2017 after Governor Robert J. Bentley's resignation.[2]

References

1. ^http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/news/2009/apr/19/erwin-launches-campaign-lt-gov/{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://whnt.com/2017/04/10/lt-gov-kay-ivey-to-become-alabamas-second-female-governor/ |title=Kay Ivey sworn in as Alabama's 54th Governor |work=WHNT-TV |location=Huntsville, Alabama |date=2017-04-10 }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102100925/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd014.html Senator Henry E. "Hank" Erwin Jr.] official profile at legislature.state.al.us
  • Transcript of appearance on Scarborough County in 2005 expressing views on Katrina
  • Transcript of appearance on Hannity & Colmes expressing views on Katrina
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202110020/http://www.senatorerwin.com/ Senator Hank Erwin] personal website
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040605215741/http://savamerica.org/ S.A.V. America Ministries] website
  • Senator Henry E. 'Hank' Erwin Jr. (AL){{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} profile at Project Vote Smart
  • Hank Erwin political campaign contributions at "Follow the Money" (1998, 2002, 2006)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erwin, Hank}}

5 : Alabama state senators|1949 births|Living people|Dallas Theological Seminary alumni|Southwestern Christian University alumni

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/17 19:05:12