On Sunday, April 8, 1979, a memorial academy for Dr. Muhammed Iqbal was held in at the Islamic Cultural Center in Northbrook, Illinois from 10:30 A.M. to the Noon Prayer. Brother Afsar Ali Khan, a distinguished member of the Board of Directors of ICC emceed the affair. The following scholars took part in the academy: Prof. Ihsan Zulfikary, Dr. Muhammad Abdul Wahid Fakhri, Imam Kamil Yusuf Avdich, and Professor Fazlur Rahman (Professor of Islamic Thought at the University of Chicago). Mr. Abdul Mulik Sayeedi chanted some of Iqbal's poetry in Urdu.

A study of the development of the John Crerar Library from conception to its growth and acquistions and cataloging methodologies.