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Plans lor the library involved some special consideration! that were different from the rest of the building project. While the rest of the College is expected to remain relatively constant in number of faculty and students, the library is projected to grow. Plans therefore estimated the race of growth at 10,000 volumes per year and factored in projected changes in information technology that should allow the replacement of some volumes without the need for additional space. Additional shelving space, supplemented by compact shelving units in the basement area, has allowed the College to reclaim 15,000 linear feet of material from the University's main library. And for the first time in many years there are empty shelves awaiting the cataloging of future acquisitions. In the main library area, there is now seating for 316 patrons. New carpeting in this area, along with sound buffers between the circulation function and the general reading room, have resulted in an atmosphere that is inviting and conducive to study. Small groups of students can now study together in the twelve new study rooms, and many study carrels have been installed. The lower level of the library houses a state-of-the-art computing laboratory with fifty workstations for student use.

ALBERT E. JENNER, JR., MEMORIAL LIBRARY

As a young lawyer three years out oflaw school, Albert E. Jenner, Jr., coauthored the Civil Practice Act that brought Illinois procedure into the modern era. He went on to pursue a distinguished career that included service as president ofthe Illinois State Bar Association; the National Conference ofBar Association Presidents; the American College of Trial Lawyers; the National Conference ofCommissioners on Uniform State Laws; and the American Judicature Society. He was senior partner in the law firm of fenner & Block. Mr. Jenner received national recognition as Special Counselforthe Minority of the House of Representatives in the Richard M. Nixon impeachment inquiry, and then as a counsel to the House Judiciary Committee in the Nixon investigation. He also served as Senior Counsel to the Presidential Commission to Investigate the Assassination ofPresident Kennedy. Mr. Jenner began his long association with the College ofLaw in the late 1920s. He worked his way through the program as a welterweight boxer (fighting six-round matches at $50 each), became a member ofPhi Alpha Phi, and completed the bachelor oflaw degree with Order ofthe Coifin 1930. His years of service to the College were recognized with the award ofan honorary degreefrom the University, the Illini Achievement A ward, and the University ofIllinois Distinguished Alumni Award. He was devoted to his wife, Nadine NewbillJenner, whom he met on campus during his sophomore year and married in 1928, and to their daughter. When the College began to solicit buildingfitnets in 1985, Mr. Jenner served as national chair ofthe campaign, until his illness and death in 1988. In addition to his leadership and generous contribution to the buildingproject, Mr. Jenner created three endowed professorships, which recognize and support distinguished members ofthe teachingfaculty.