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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1112 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the founding of Loyola University 

Chicago. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 

Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 

DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. KELLY of 

Illinois, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. RUSH, Ms. UNDERWOOD, and Mr. 

PENCE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the founding of Loyola 

University Chicago. 

Whereas Loyola University Chicago is celebrating its 150th 

anniversary as the only Jesuit Catholic university in Illinois on September 5, 2020; 

Whereas Arnold Damen, S.J., sought to open a college in affiliation with Holy Family Parish in 1856 to serve Chicago’s Catholic immigrants, purchased land at the corner 

of Twelfth and May Streets, and began construction in 

1859; 

Whereas St. Ignatius College opened on September 5, 1870, 

with a class of 37 students; 


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Whereas the Great Chicago Fire started only a few blocks 

from St. Ignatius College in 1871, but the new College 

survived and served as a safe haven for the devastated 

neighborhood; 

Whereas, in 1905, Henry J. Dumbach, S.J., purchased nearly 20 acres of land in Rogers Park, the future home of 

Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus; 

Whereas the School of Law opened in 1908 where men and 

women were both admitted; 

Whereas, on October 23, 1909, St. Ignatius College was 

granted a new charter by the State of Illinois and was 

officially renamed Loyola University; 

Whereas Loyola’s student newspaper, The Loyola News, later 

the Loyola Phoenix, was founded in 1924; 

Whereas, in 1926, having no home field for its football team, 

Loyola adopted the nickname ‘‘Ramblers’’ for all of its 

athletic teams; 

Whereas, in 1935, Loyola established a School of Nursing, 

the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in 

the State of Illinois; 

Whereas, in 1963, Loyola’s men’s varsity basketball team 

played Mississippi State University in the Game of 

Change, a landmark of the civil rights movement; 

Whereas Loyola’s men’s basketball team goes on to win the 

1963 NCAA Tournament, becoming the first and only 

team from Illinois to win the national championship; 

Whereas, in 1970, Loyola University marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of St. Ignatius College, and officially changed its name to Loyola University Chicago; 


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Whereas Loyola’s women’s studies program awarded its first 

master’s degrees in 2002; 

Whereas, in 2013, Loyola launched a new Institute for Environmental Sustainability; 

Whereas, in the fall of 2015, Loyola opened Arrupe College, 

an innovative 2-year college for Chicago-area students 

with limited financial means; 

Whereas Dr. Jo Ann Rooney became the 24th president of 

Loyola University Chicago in 2016, the first lay president 

in the university’s history; 

Whereas Loyola launched its SCHOOLS 2020 Partnership 

program in 2017, supporting neighborhood-based public 

education on Chicago’s northeast side; 

Whereas Loyola’s men’s basketball team made it to the Final 

Four of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, assisted by team 

chaplain, Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM; 

Whereas today— 

(1) Loyola University Chicago is one of Chicago’s 

anchor institutions, employing more than 4,000 faculty 

and staff, and enrolling over 17,000 students; 

(2) Ninety-eight percent of Loyola students who 

graduate with a bachelor’s degree are hired within 3 

months of their graduation, or pursuing a graduate degree; 

(3) Loyola students interning at Chicago public 

schools provide more than 110,000 hours of unpaid support and assistance; 

(4) Loyola’s Community Nursing Center provides 

home visits for the elderly in several communities on Chicago’s northeast side; 


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(5) Loyola Community and Family Services provides 

mental health services to children and families in Rogers 

Park and Edgewater, in Chicago; 

(6) Loyola’s Health Justice Project provides pro 

bono legal and social services to vulnerable populations 

on Chicago’s west and north sides; 

(7) Loyola’s Urban Social Benefit Incubator builds 

the capacity of Chicago-based nonprofit organizations 

and social enterprises; 

(8) Loyola supports more than 300 community partner organizations across Chicago and the surrounding 

suburbs through student, staff, and faculty volunteer 

services; and 

(9) Loyola is ranked among the most environmentally sustainable college campuses in the Nation; and 

Whereas Loyola’s graduates form a vital part of the human 

infrastructure of Chicago and Illinois, notably in the 

areas of medicine, nursing, law, teaching, social work, 

communications, public health, and environmental sustainability: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog2 nizes the contributions Loyola University Chicago has pro3 vided Chicago and its national community over its 150 

4 years of service. 

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