J. Gregory Behle (PhD, University of Southern California) has authored numerous works on the early history of the University of Illinois, including “Educating the Toiling Peoples: Students at the Illinois Industrial University, Spring 1868” in The Land Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher Education, 1820–1920 and “The Social Origins of Students at The Illinois Industrial University, 1868–1894,” in the History of Higher Education Annual, with William E. Maxwell, and he was a visiting presenter as part of the University of Illinois Sesquicentennial Speaker series in 2017. He is a professor of Christian education at The Master's University.
Robert E. Hartley was employed by Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, Inc. from 1962 to 1979. He is the author and coauthor of ten published books about Illinois politics and history.
Clark Kidder, recognized as an authority on America's orphan train movement, has won several awards related to the topic, including the...
