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Chancellor Jones in a blue cap and gown

Exit Interview

What are your feelings about leaving Illinois? Mixed emotions. Leading this institution has been the most profound experience of my 46 years in higher education. But, sometimes things happen. Back

Black and white image of McKinley Health Center taken in 1920s.

A Healing Presence

  Soon after McKinley Hospital opened at the University of Illinois, it was featured in the January 1926 issue of Illinois Alumni News, under a headline that might have appeared,