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Iluxois Natituu. Histcwv SiRvoi BrLLETiN Vol. 27, An. : 



HistoiT Sunney as- SvstematBC Enraroolo- 

 get Tlin« was in 1925. Upon Forbes" 

 death in l"^i!0. Fiison was made Acting 

 Clncf. and on Julr ' '^-^ he tras ap^ 

 pointed Chief. 



FribcMi was an iiMer^r^^tpie ■worker, 

 SicccBnin^ a sfwdalist in B«wmhlc bees. 



ocMDclmied ih^i h would he esse-ntial thai 

 zhtv anwinnipt to obtain tunds for a sepa- 

 rate building- In this attempt thcj' were 

 successful. The University assigned an 

 area for the building, and in 1940 the 

 fwo Surve^ns began the move into a new 

 Xatural Resources Building, built for 



ljiM» RiO/W TeiSr: 





■ji NamuuraH HnsBiorv Siairviev. 



aphids, and stooeilics. His tenure as Chief 

 was marked h^ growth in stafi and facilt- 

 ticsu In the 1930's the growth of his or- 

 ganization was such that it was difficult 

 n> find space lor the personnel in the 

 rooms which the LFniversitv could devote 

 to use of die Natural Histtotr Survey. 

 Dr. Frbon and Dr. 11. M. Leig|iton, 

 Chief of the lUinois Geological Survey, 

 conferred on the problems of space and 



their occupancy. The building, and subse- 

 quent win^ w^hich were completed in 

 1950, were given to the University and 

 added to that orgjanization's inventory. 

 For the fiirst time, the Natural History' 

 Survey had a home which it could really 

 call its own. 



Frismi had wide interests, and immedi- 

 ately upon becoming Chief he began the 

 development of wildlife research. This 



