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by "resilience in dealing with new institutional ideas; a spirit for experimentation a capacity for innovation, and a continuing search for improvement." David Dodds Henry taught us that a university never seeks the finishing touch. A great university evolves; it yearns to be better, and it constantly seeks to construct strong new pillars grounded upon old and firm foundations. In doing all of this, David Henry was not timid in telling Illinois and America there was a price. A quarter-century ago, David Henry said, "Everyone must get into the act to make America aware of education's top place in the list of priorities. We need the help of every person who has a stake in higher education — professional men and women, business people, homemakers, political leaders, civic agencies. It's going to take a concerted effort on the part of everybody to help us recruit able students, keep able teachers and turn out able graduates." Although 25 years old, those words could just as easily appear tomorrow on the editorial pages of the Tribune, the Sun-Times or the News-Gazette. David Henry gave a vision of learning and hope to the people of Illinois and America. He served on three national commissions: the President's Committee on Education Beyond the High School; the Carnegie Commission on the Future of Higher Education; and the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television. He was only one of only a few educators to head each of the most influential national organizations in higher education: the American Council on Education; the Association of American Universities; the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; the National Commission on Accrediting; and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.