text: This university's origins can be traced back to 1856, when Senator Stephen A. Douglas offered a plot of land for the university to be established in.
full_question: This university's origins can be traced back to 1856, when Senator Stephen A. Douglas offered a plot of land for the university to be established in. In 1939, this university disbanded its football team after the president sought to de-emphasize varsity athletics, and would withdraw from a Division I conference seven years later. This university is famous for associations with renowned scientists such as Robert Millikan and Enrico Fermi, with the latter assembling a nuclear reactor under the university's football field. Outside of its science program, the university has been known for its exceptional school of economics, which produced the famous Milton Friedman. For ten points, name this Midwestern university, whose athletic teams are called the Maroons.
first_sentence: This university's origins can be traced back to 1856, when Senator Stephen A. Douglas offered a plot of land for the university to be established in.