A President and a Famous Cow

Only burials on University grounds

Only two individuals have been given the privilege of being buried on campus. In 1898, the Board of Trustees expressed a policy against the "common practice" of burying individuals on campus, but made an exception for John Milton Gregory, the first Regent (President), because of his importance to the university.

A similar honor was accorded to Illini Nellie, a world champion Brown Swiss cow who produced over 194,000 pounds of milk in her lifetime, after her death in 1940.