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Caption: Dedication - ACES Library
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SV*: JEWEL OP T E H ACES CAMPUS DONORS . COMPUTING OFFICE, GROUND LEVEL Barbara Forgy Schock Barbara Forgy Schock, of Galesburg, Illinois, donated the Offord-Forgy Centennial Farm to the University of Illinois Foundation, with income from the farm directed to support the activities of the ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center. The OfFord-Forgy farm has been in Barbara's family since 1886, when her great-grandmother Mary E. Carter Offbrd purchased it. Barbara Schock completed her bachelor's degree in home economics at the University of Illinois in 1958. She worked for 17 years as an extension adviser for the Cooperative Extension Service in Pike, Whiteside, and Kane Counties. Barbara and her husband Christian are active in community volunteer programs, especially those related to history and genealogy. » EXECUTIVE CENTER, GROUND LEVEL Fay M. Sims Fay M. Sims received his undergraduate degree from the college in 1941 and his master's in 1958. He served Illinois and American agriculture for more than half a century. He devoted his career to promoting profitable and sustainableformingpractices, first as an extension farm adviser and ultimately as a professor of farm management at the University of Illinois. He is widely recognized as a wise counselor and good friend. His contributions have earned him the Farm House Fraternity Master Builder of Men National Award and the Ag Alumni Association Exceptional Service Award. Fay and his wife Anne encouraged and were good friends to many U of I students, often resulting in long-time friendships.
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