Eva Burrows

Eva Evelyn Burrows (born 15 September 1929) is the 13th General of the Salvation Army.

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Born in Australia she became a Salvation Army officer from the Fortitude Valley corps in Queensland in 1951. She served at the Howard Institute in Zimbabwe from 1952 to 1967, was Principal of the Usher Institute from 1967 to 1970, and served at the International College for Officers, at The Cedars, Sydenham Hill London, from 1970 to 1975, first as Assistant Principal, then as Principal.

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She became the leader of the Salvation Army's Social Services for Women in Great Britain in 1975, and leader of the Salvation Army's work in Sri Lanka in 1977. In 1980 she became leader of the Salvation Army's work in Scotland, followed in 1982 as leader of the Salvation Army's work in Australia Southern. In 1986 she was elected General of the Salvation Army.

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She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1986. In 1988 she became an Honorable Doctor of Liberal Arts at EHWA University in Seoul, and was awarded an Honorable LLD from Asbury Univesity in the USA in 1988.

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