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Helene Ruth Foellinger graduated in 1932 with a B.A. in Mathematics and was active in Pi Beta Phi, Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, and Torch. She served on the student council and as the women’s editor of *The Daily Illini*. In 1935, she joined the News Publishing Company, later becoming its president and publisher of the Fort Wayne Indiana News-Sentinel. Foellinger had a 45-year publishing career, won numerous awards, and donated $3 million to restore the auditorium at her alma mater, now named in her honor.