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JEWEL OF THE ACES CAMPUS DONORS INSTRUCTION LAB, LOWER LEVEL Estate of Martha L. Dunlap Martha Dunlap served the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service as assistant director of home economics from 1960 until her retirement in 1974. A native of Kansas, Martha earned a bachelor's degree in home economics and a master's degree in clothing and textiles from Kansas State College (now Kansas State University). She began doctoral studies at Iowa State University before completing a doctorate degree in cooperative extension administration at the University of Wisconsin Extension Center for Advanced Study. Martha, who died in 1989, had a distinguished career in extension in Missouri and Montana before moving to Illinois in 1960 as professor of home economics and assistant director of the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.

MEETING ROOM, GROUND LEVEL R. Rex and Dorothy Giese Emory R. Rex Emory (1950) and Dorothy Giese Emory (1951) and their family have made this room possible. The Emorys farmed near Prairie City, Illinois, until Rex's untimely death in 1990. Rex was involved in agricultural, community, and civic activities in McDonough County and across the state. Dorothy received the University of Illinois Loyalty Award in" 1991 in recognition of her outstanding service to the School of Human Resources and Family Studies/Home Economics Alurnni Association. To commemorate the many years of 4-H membership and leadership in the family, the Emorys have supported the 4-H Memorial Camp cabin rebuilding initiative at Monticello, Illinois. Dorothy and Rex's four children all graduated from the College of Agriculture: Walter L. Emory (1976); Delhert D Emory (1978); Marilyn Emory Brink (1981); and Janeen Emory Kolb (1983).