Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - History of University of Illinois at Chicago (1921) [PAGE 3]

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PREFACE

; We ml years ago the University undertook the publication of a record of its alumni •i < li<- departments at Urbana-Champaign. Since the College of Medicine, the College •I I >«ni,is(Jry, and the School of Pharmacy became integral parts of the University • !• w years ago, it seemed desirable to publish a similar record of the graduates of i !>•. c ill visions of the University. It seemed further advisable to include their graduates ••• i !•«• periods prior to the times of affiliation with the University of Illinois. We regard fi" in .ill as alumni of the University. Tin* n-asons for publishing such a record are several. In the first place, it is a \niiiMil, presentation of the names, work, and addresses of the men and women ••!•«• M rough the years have received their education at the University. Every one i •i 11•••.•:«• graduates i s interested not only in the University but in other graduates and • !••«lines such a source of information about them. In the second place, such a book • n ililr.-: the officers of the University to keep informed as to the careers of its graduates ""I 1» Keep in touch with them, both in their own interest and in the interest of the 1 .

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I l.iKe groat pleasure, therefore, as this book is issued, in calling it to the attention •i i IK- Medical, Dental, and Pharmacal alumni and urging each of them to secure a = "[••. II. will stimulate his interest in the University; it will recall old associations; 'i *MM inspire him to do something more for the cause of medical education. Tlie University has expanded greatly in the,past few years. The Chicago dei-uimi-II|.:S have shared in the general prosperity and in the difficulties which that i'«" p'-nl y lias brought. You have all heard, doubtless, of the arrangement with the • •«!«• department of Public Welfare whereby hospitals erected by the latter will be • i i he service ofsthe University and whereby some of the buildings of the University i " 'i •• < Allege of Medicine will in the future be on State ground under the control of • • '• 'i department. The project is well advanced, and it is my hope that by the open•"! "I Mir University year, October 1922, we shall be able to occupy some of these "• * «|u:i.rl,ei\s. In addition to the building space for which a University appropriation • ' made in the main building now being erected, a further sum of $500,000 is availII' l• ir :i. new research laboratory and library. M •:: my intention to do everything I can to put these departments in the front » 'nl. We want to do our share in advancing standards of education in these callings. »\ i mil..I Main, and train better, more men who are to practice in them. At the same i mi.- we must constantly aim to make contributions to science in these fields. In • ii Mn-::i- tilings and for all these purposes I bespeak the co-operation of the alumni. Very truly yours,

DAVID KINLEY

President

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