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In evaluating their requirements for the new faculty wing, faculty members concluded that their offices should be accessible to students, yet out of the main classroom flow; house the new faculty library and faculty lounge in a central area within the wing; be adjacent to the main law library; arrange the space in a rational way that facilitated the work of the support staff and administration; and provide enough offices for the emeritus, visiting, and adjunct faculty. All of these goals, and more, were accomplished. There are now fifty offices, each equipped with access to the college's upgraded computer communications network. Nearly all of the offices arc located on exterior walls with north- or south-facing windows. An expanded faculty library offers more work space, three computer terminals and printers, and a microfilm reader. In the faculty lounge, a combination of sofas and lounge chairs can seat twenty comfortably with additional room for a gathering of thirty-six. There is also a small kitchen area with a refrigerator* microwave, and coffee unit. An additional lounge area is available for use by the support staff.

Louis A. AND LEON L. LAMET MEMORIAL FACULTY WING

When Leon L. Lamet received his College of Law degree in 1931» he continued a tradition begun by his father, Louis Lamet, who in 1901 was one of only five College of Law graduates. Sadly, Louis Lamet died while Leon was still a law student. A long-time familyfriendandfollow assumedfull responsibility for hisfatherspractice. Commenting on his work as an attorney in a smallfarming community during the Depression, Leon Lamet observed that "the greatest reward an attorney could expect was the satisfaction one gained from helping people in great need Participation in local affairs, the effort to advance them and recreate opportunity far others, was a continuing effort." Until his death in 1990, Mr. Lamets own considerable efforts included service to a range of civic, historical, and professional organizations. In 1984 he was recognized as Alumnus of the Month by the College. Mr. Larnet's contribution to the new faculty wing seems particularly appropriate to his own keen interest in the intellectual aspects of law. As he once noted, "The exercise of thought in legal areas seems to be a contagious endeavor. As time goes on and as one witnesses the constant change and the evolution of various theories, one's interest is extended, and the pleasures derived therefrom are expanded." lawyer, William H. Hartzell, kept Louis Larnet's office active by traveling to Warsaw, Illinois, regularly until Leon graduated and