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=== ''Forty Gavels'' Biography ===
[[File:Forty Gavels Series.jpg|left|thumb|381x381px|''Forty Gavels'', the three-volume biography of Reuben Soderstrom]]
Soderstrom's authoritative, three-volume biography ''[http://www.fortygavels.com Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO]'' was released on February 28, 2018. Named after the ceremonial gavels Soderstrom received at the annual state labor conventions, ''Forty Gavels'' spans a century of history and examines its subject in documented, year-by-year detail. The biography also features more than 2,250 photos and images from several historical archives. ''Forty Gavels'' was written by Carl W. Soderstrom, Robert W. Soderstrom, Chris M. Stevens, and Andrew W. Burt, with graphic design by Kevin Evans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fortygavels.com|title=Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO|last=|first=|date=|website=Forty Gavels|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref> To date, the biographical series has won several awards including the [https://www.indiebookawards.com/ 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards] for [https://www.indiebookawards.com/winners/list Biography and Overall Design], the [http://www.americanbookfest.com/home.html 2018 American BookFest Best Book Awards] for [http://www.americanbookfest.com/autobiography.html Biography] and [http://www.americanbookfest.com/nonfictionbooks.html Interior Design], and the [https://www.indieexcellence.com/ 2018 National Indie Indie Excellence Award] for [https://www.indieexcellence.com/12th-annual-winners Biography]. In 2019, the full text of the book was [https://www.ebook.fortygavels.com/ released online].
=== Reuben G. Soderstrom Plaza ===
[[File:Reuben Soderstrom Statue.jpg|thumb|Reuben G. Soderstrom statue in Streator, IL]]
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=== University of Illinois School of Labor Dedication ===
On September 13, 2019, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign officially opened the Soderstrom Plaza, an outdoor commons connected to the School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER) featuring a statue of Reuben Soderstrom.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/7190/784988|title=LEP News|last=Madigan|first=Nell|date=May 9, 2019|work=|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> The statue and plaza, as well as an endowed professorship, were gifted by the Soderstrom Family Charitable Trust. The [https://www.petry-kuhne.com/ Petry Kuhne Co.] also donated their time and work to set the statue in the plaza.
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