A special issue of the journal, dedicated to Henry B. Kahane, the late founder of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Champaign, celebrates the department's first 25 years. It contains three parts. The first consists of specifically commissioned papers originally written in 1973-74 and meant for a specific project, including: an introduction (Henry Kahane, Braj B. Kachru); "Linguistics in the Midwestern Region: Beginnings to 1973" (Kachru); "History of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" (Kahane); "The European Emigree" (Kahane); "Tales of an Eager then Lonely then Contented Dinosaur" (Charles E. Osgood); "How To Find the Right Tree To Bark Up" (Robert B. Lees); "Three Linguistic Reincarnations of a Kashmiri Pandit" (Kachru); and "A Sense of Perspective" (Charles W. Kisseberth). The second part contains memorial tributes to Henry Kahane. Part 3 consists of abstracts of the dissertations and theses of doctoral and master's degree candidates in the department, including research in progress up to August 1992. These works are also indexed by author, language, region, area of concentration, and advisor. (MSE)