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Jeffery Leving \u201974 recently donated hundreds of rare naturalist paintings to Morris Library. The collection includes 295\u00a0 Audubon bird paintings from the Birds of America <\/em>octavo edition; 67 mammals from the Quadrupeds of North America, octavo ed.<\/em>; and 13 Redout\u00e9 prints of flowers from the lily family.<\/p>\n Dean John Pollitz shares that when the collection of boxes arrived and he started opening them, he was overwhelmed with Leving\u2019s generosity.<\/p>\n \u201cThis donation is a reflection of how our alumni hold this place dear. Jeffery and I attended SIU at a very special time and our lives were molded by those years. I am thrilled that someone as successful as Leving wants to give back to SIU,\u201d Pollitz said.<\/p>\n The collection will be on display at the library beginning April 23 during Earth Week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Engage with us on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jeffery Leving \u201974 recently donated hundreds of rare naturalist paintings to Morris Library. The collection includes 295\u00a0 Audubon bird paintings from the Birds of America octavo edition; 67 mammals from the Quadrupeds of North America, octavo ed.; and 13 Redout\u00e9 prints of flowers from the lily family. Dean John Pollitz shares that when the collection … Continue reading SIU thanks alumnus Jeffery Leving \u201974 for donating hundreds of rare naturalist paintings to Morris Library<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC_0143w-300x200.jpg\")
\u201cThis collection is so well suited to our university because we have such a strong relationship with nature. We are surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest, we are in the center of the Mississippi Flyway, and we are in the midst of the land that Audubon roamed finding his birds to draw.\u201d<\/p>\n