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A beautiful part of the U of I's north campus, in 2004 the engineering quadrangle was dedicated as Bardeen Quad in honor of John Bardeen, the renowned professor. Upon his death in 1991, the Chicago Tribune printed: "Near the end of this decade, when they begin enumerating the names of the people who had the greatest impact on the 20th century, the name of John Bardeen, who died last week, has to be near, or perhaps even arguably at, the top of the list...Dr. Bardeen shared two Nobel Prizes and won numerous other honors. But what greater honor can there be when each of us can look all around us and everywhere see the reminders of a man whose genius has made our lives longer, healthier and better." Take a UI photo tour.