Joseph Oscar Cunningham (1830-1917) was a trustee from 1867-1873. He was a lawyer of keen insight and large vision which made him a valuable member of the first board of trustees when vexing questions in regard to land titles frequently arose. Cunningham served one term as judge of the county court for Champaign county; was joint author of Jones and Cunningham's "Practice in the county courts of Illinois;" and author of "History of Champaign county." As a member of the executive committee and living in Urbana, his work on the board and his counsel available at all times were invaluable.

Matthias Lane Dunlap (1815-1875) was a trustee from 18671870. He was one of the notable agriculturists of the state. Himself a farmer, nurseryman, and fruit grower, he resented bitterly the attitude of the schools of the day towards agriculture. He longed ardently to alleviate the weight of ignorance which he saw on the farms all about him. As "Timothy Hardup" he published in the Chicago Democrat and the Prairie Farmer an account of the hardships he had met and overcome while farming in the 40's and early 50's. Later when the Democrat was merged into the Chicago Tribune, Dunlap under the pseudonym "Rural" became its agricultural editor, and a real power in the agriculture of the state. When the new university especially founded for the sons of the soil opened its doors, he was determined that it should not stray from the purpose to which it had been dedicated, and it can truly be said that whenever he saw it straying he forcibly prodded it back. Dunlap was for a term a member of the Illinois House of Representatives; in 1852 he was nominated for lieutenant governor but declined the nomination. Political life he could endure as a duty but he would not seek it from choice. The home that he established known as the "Rural home fruit farm" situated three miles south of the city of Champaign under the ownership and expert management of his son Senator Henry M. Dunlap has become one of the model farms of the state.

Robert Douglas was at the time a practical florist and nurseryman of Waukegan, and besides a thorough professional knowledge possessed by him, was a man of the most advanced practical good sense in a general way. Mr. Douglas appeared

at the meetings of the board for the first time at the November session 1867.

Samuel Edwards (1819-1898) of Bureau county, a trustee from 1867 to 1873, was also a practical farmer and horticulturist, and an efficient member of the state horticultural society. Mr. Edwards served upon the committee on horticulture and upon the auditing committee. He was a most conscientious and devoted friend of the university.

Willard Cutting Flagg (1829-1878) served as trustee from 1867-1878. He was a valuable member of the first board for he was a graduate of Yale and a successful horticulturist and practical farmer. In 1856 and 1858 Flagg wrote campaign literature for the republican party and was, in 1860, a member of the republican state and county committees. President Lincoln appointed him internal revenue collector of the twelfth Illinois district in 1862 which position he held until 1869 when he was elected to the state senate for a four-year term. He rendered valuable service to the university for several years as director of experiments and superintendent of the farms. As trustee of the university he served upon the committee on the agricultural department and the committee on library and cabinets.

Moore C. Goltra (1810-1881) was a trustee from 1867-1873. He was the contractor and builder of the first institution for the insane and school for the deaf in Jacksonville. He did much of the work of locating lands for the university; making long, wearisome journeys into Minnesota and Nebraska for this purpose. He was a member of the state board of agriculture and as trustee served on the committee on mechanical department and the building and grounds committee.

Orson Bingham Galusha (1819-1898), who served as trustee from 1868 to 1873, was likewise by occupation a horticulturist. A life-long friend of J. B. Turner he worked earnestly with him to secure the university of Illinois. He was one of the organizers of the state horticultural society and a frequent contributor to horticultural journals. He was a member of the auditing and finance committees of the board of trustees.

David S. Hammond (1811-1883), who served as trustee from 1867-1870, was a member of the committee on horticultural department.

George Harding was a farmer and stock raiser of long and successful experience. He was appointed upon the finance committee, but died in 1868, at Paris, Ill.

Samuel Snowden Hayes (1820- ), who served as trustee from 1867-1870, was at the time of his appointment a lawyer of large acquaintance and more than state reputation. He came to the state in 1838 from the south and for many years exercised a very great political influence in the south part of the state. He occupied seats in both the constitutional conventions of 1848 and 1870, and had a marked influence in the shaping of the fundamental law of the state, besides having served several terms in the general assembly. Mr. Hayes was a man of marked and distinguished appearance and with his long public service was a most able counsellor in the early history of the university. He served upon the committee on faculty and course of instruction.

John Stephen Johnson (1818- ), who served as trustee from 1867-1873, was a practical farmer of Hancock county and by his regular attendance upon the sessions of the board during the six years of his connection with the body, and his practical good sense, was a useful member. He served upon the committee upon buildings and grounds.

J. P. Hungate of Clay county seldom attended the meetings of the board and hardly established a reputation with its members. He was appointed upon the committee on mechanical department. He served as trustee only about a year.

Luther W. Lawrence (1808-1886), who served as trustee from 1867 to 1873, was much interested in the new institution, and gave it careful attention. Mr. Lawrence was a clergyman. of the Baptist church and a man of wide acquaintance in the northern counties. He had served in three sessions of the general assembly and in the constitutional convention of 1863. At the time of his connection with the university and for some years before and after, he was judge of county court of his county.