Senator Justin Morrill was reluctant to credit Turner as the primary author of the movement, and some have argued that Morrill's contribution, as sponsoring senator, was more important. Turner was displeased with the political process that saw the University of Illinois (or "Illinois Industrial University," as it was originally named) located in Urbana, Illinois, far from the industrial workers of Chicago. Turner spoke at the laying of the University's cornerstone, and his words: "Industrial education prepares the way for a millennium of labor." remain in stone above the University's main quadrangle. Later Years In his later years, Turner devoted his energy to other causes. He became a strident opponent of corporations, and an advocate of the rights of mentally ill people, who suffered under terrible conditions in the asylums of the nineteenth-century. He also wrote religious tracts championing the liberal teachings of Christ, and criticizing Catholicism, Mormonism, and traditional religious institutions generally. Death and legacy Turner died at the age of 93 and is buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery in Jacksonville, Illinois. Jonathan Baldwin Turner Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Turner Hall at Illinois State University, Turner Hall at Illinois College, and Jonathan Turner Junior High School in Jacksonville are named in Turner's honor. Turner's papers are held by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections of the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. References Brown, Donald Raymond. "The Educational Contributions of Jonathan Baldwin Turner." M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1954. Hancock, Judith Ann. "Jonathan Baldwin Turner, A Study of an Educational Reformer." Ph.D. Thesis, University of Washington, 1971. Turner, Mary Carriel. The Life of Jonathan Baldwin Turner. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1961. 1805 births 1899 deaths People from Jacksonville, Illinois Yale University alumni Illinois College faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign people Underground Railroad people