IV 
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 Illi-
nois, 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 Illi-
nois on September 5, 2020; 
Whereas Arnold Damen, S.J., sought to open a college in af-
filiation with Holy Family Parish in 1856 to serve Chi-
cago’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 near-
ly 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 anni-
versary of the founding of St. Ignatius College, and offi-
cially 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 Envi-
ronmental 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 de-
gree; 
(3) Loyola students interning at Chicago public 
schools provide more than 110,000 hours of unpaid sup-
port and assistance; 
(4) Loyola’s Community Nursing Center provides 
home visits for the elderly in several communities on Chi-
cago’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 part-
ner organizations across Chicago and the surrounding 
suburbs through student, staff, and faculty volunteer 
services; and 
(9) Loyola is ranked among the most environ-
mentally 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 sus-
tainability: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the contributions Loyola University Chicago has pro-
vided Chicago and its national community over its 150 
years of service. 
Æ 
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