Allen Hall flashback: Floormates become friends forever
They arrived at the University of Illinois as strangers but left as best friends.
Brought together in Allen Hall during an exciting, pivotal time in their lives, Callye Gibbons, Julie Kuhn, Denise Perry, Jeanne Steinbrenner and Laura Warfel started college in the fall of 1972.
More than five decades later, their remarkable friendship and tight-knit bond remains strong.
Last summer, they returned to the university for what Warfel called a “dream campus tour.”
The tour included a stop in the residence hall where they lived – and their setting for a transformative period of self-discovery.
They recently came together again via Zoom to talk about their reunion and reminisce about life in Allen Hall, sharing a lot of laughs and offering some sage advice for current and future Illinois students.
This story was originally published in Winter 2025 and shared with permission from University Housing.
