Henry Pindell Slane, a life-long Peorian, served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Peoria Journal Star. The newspaper, formerly the Peoria Journal Transcript, was founded by Henry Slane's maternal grandfather, Henry M. Pindell, in 1889. After a number of mergers, the Journal Star was formed in 1954 with Henry Slane's father, Carl P. Slane, as publisher. Carl Slane served on the Bradley University Board of Trustees from 1953 to 1969.

Mr. Slane's gift to the University recognizes the significant impact Bradley university has on the Peoria Community and honors his grandfather, who believed:

"To inform without bias, to advise without rancor, and to intervene without malice, to be absolutely independent in religion and politics and blind to race, creed or color, to account no victory won which brings distress to the people, and no battle lost which is waged in behalf of just demands. To serve the larger, public interest with vigilance, courage and justice--that is the spirit and purpose of my newspapers."

Henry M. Pindell July 1917