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Caption: Dedication - ACES Library
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JEWEL OF THE ACES C A M P U S *> DONORS INSTRUCTION LAB, LOWER LEVEL Estate of Irwin R. Tucker Irwin Tucker's grandfather, Cyrus Tucker, came to Peoria County in 1837 and purchased land there. His son George, born in 1861, spent his entire life on the farm raising Hereford cattle. George married Anna Radley and they had three children, Irwin, Georganna, and Ada. Irwin spent most of his life on the farm and, like his father, was interested in programs offered by the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. H^ served as treasurer of the county Farm Bureau for more than 25 years and was the supervisor of Radnor Township for seven years. Irwin died in 1973 and directed that his 440-acre farm be given to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture after the deaths of his sisters, Georganna and Ada. Proceeds from the sale of the farm were used to help construct this building. INSTRUCTION LAB, LOWER LEVEL Estate of Laura M. Weber Laura Weber, the daughter of German immigrants, was one of four children reared* in rural Marshall County, Illinois. She attended school in Lostant and graduated from Illinois State University. She returned to the Lostant area to teach and later moved to Chicago, where she taught home economics in the public schools. In 1955, Miss Weber gave the university 640 acres of farmland in LaSalle County for use as a model farm to provide examples of the latest techniques in soil fertility and conservation. Income from the farm has been used to support continuing education programs for county extension advisers across the state. In addition to the land, Miss Weber bequeathed the college funds that have been used to construct this building. She died in November 1990 at the age of 108.
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