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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS OFFICE, GROUND.LEVEL

Frederic B. and Ruth H. Hoppin Fred Hoppin, a 1941 graduate from Lincoln, Illinois, and his wife Ruth made supporting the university a top priority in their lives. Fred was the third president of the Agriculture Alumni Association and provided leadership beginning in the late 1970s to the Food for Century III initiative that spearheaded $88 million in funding appropriations for relocating the College of Veterinary Medicine and updating many College of Agriculture buildings. Fred received nearly every alumni honor the University of Illinois can bestow, including the U of I Alumni Association Constituent Leadership Award and Distinguished Service Award, the Honorary "I" Man from the Varsity "I" Association, and the Loyalty Award and the Award of Merit from the Agriculture Alumni Association. Professionally, Fred served as Logan County farm adviser before establishing his real estate business in Lincoln.

THE KAHL-FUNKHOUSER FACULTY LOUNGE, SECOND LEVEL

Lawrence i7. and Jean L. Kahl The Kahl—Funkhouser Faculty Lounge was made possible through a generous gift from Lawrence F. and Jean L. Kahl of Freeport, Illinois. The gift supports the faculty and honors the many contributions made to the University of Illinois by the Kahls' daughter Susan Kahl Funkhouser (1959, M.Ed. 1963). Larry attended the University of Illinois in the 1920s on an athletic scholarship and played basketball his freshman and sophomore years. Jean received her degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Susan was an outstanding University of Illinois student, receiving several student awards and Mortar Board and Bronze Tablet recognition. She served as president of the School of Human Resources and Family Studies/Home Economics Alumni Association from 1988 to 1990. The Kahls also established the Susan Kahl Funkhouser Leadership Development Award in the college in 1990. Larry and Jean's other daughter. Leanne H. Walgren, is a graduated the University of Colorado.

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