Honorary Members
During the establishment of Nabor House and in its early formative years, the founders received counsel and encouragement from a number of persons. However, three faculty members provided noteworthy assistance and were recognized by being made honorary members. The initial classroom contacts between the founders and these professors developed into relationships that had substantial impact on the character of Nabor House. Dr. Aretas W. Nolan was made an honorary member on March 2, 1940. On Dec. 15, 1942, Drs. Roland W. Bartlett and Charles L. Stewart became honorary members.
Each of the three honorary members contributed his own special talents in assisting the founders. Dr. Nolan was an important inspirational force, and the Nabor House initiation ceremony which he wrote is an example of the spiritual influence he exerted. Dr. Bartlett taught a course in agricultural cooperatives, and his expertise in cooperative organizations was a valuable resource to our founders. Dr. Stewart was familiar with the University faculty committee structure, campus administration, and fraternity organizations. his knowledge was a key element in making the many arrangements necessary to obtain University approval for the establishment of Nabor House.
Each of the three honorary members contributed his own special talents in assisting the founders. Dr. Nolan was an important inspirational force, and the Nabor House initiation ceremony which he wrote is an example of the spiritual influence he exerted. Dr. Bartlett taught a course in agricultural cooperatives, and his expertise in cooperative organizations was a valuable resource to our founders. Dr. Stewart was familiar with the University faculty committee structure, campus administration, and fraternity organizations. his knowledge was a key element in making the many arrangements necessary to obtain University approval for the establishment of Nabor House.
Dr. A. W. Nolan
Dr. A. W. Nolan was born on a farm in Edgar County, Ill., on June 1, 1874. He joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1912 and was the first person employed on the Agricultural Education faculty. He earned his Doctor of Education degree in 1924. He developed the plan for vocational agriculture in the State of Illinois and served in Springfield as the first State Superintendent of Agricultural Education. Dr. Nolan was in charge of training vocational agriculture teachers at the University of Illinois until his retirement in September 1942. In addition to his indirect impact on rural life through his students, he communicated his philosophy directly to farm people and others in his weekly talks on radio station WILL. His popular inspirational philosophical short notes called "Screenings" in a newsletter for vocational agriculture teachers also contributed to the quality of life in rural Illinois. He died on July 9, 1959, at Ithaca, N.Y.
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Dr. R. W. Bartlett
Dr. R. W. Bartlett was born on a dairy farm in Orleans, Vermont, on April 2, 1900. His early experience in the operation of a milk route led to specialization in dairy marketing at Cornell University and Pennsylvania State College, where re received his Ph.D. in 1929. He joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1928 and was a "charter" member of the Department of Agricultural Economics when it was formed in 1932. Dr. Bartlett emphasized the role of free enterprise in achieving public welfare. He was well informed and played an important role in the formation of public policy, curbing noncompetitive activity in the marketing of milk and other dairy products. Dr. Bartlett died on March 14, 1986, in La Grange, Ill.
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Dr. C. L. Stewart
Dr. C. L. Stewart was born in Moweaqua, Ill., on Sept, 3, 1890. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, he received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois in 1915 and studied at the University of Berlin in the summer of 1915. Dr. Stewart was a leading authority in the field of land economics. He was a member of the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois prior to joining the faculty of the newly-formed Department of Agricultural Economics in 1932, where he served until his retirement in 1959. Dr. Stewart maintained a broad international perspective in his professional activities and was active in the late 1920s in promoting legislation related to agricultural exports. He died in Urbana, Ill., on Sept. 1, 1974
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