Bust from former students honors retired professor

CHAMPAIGN – Jeffrey Breslow, a partner in Chicago-based Big Monster Toys, says he's indebted to Ed Zagorski for opening up an unexpected career for him.

"Without Ed, I can't imagine what I'd be doing, but I certainly wouldn't be designing toys," said Breslow, whose companies have licensed ideas to Hasbro, Mattel and Fisher-Price. "He basically changed my life."

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