Title: Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the founding of Loyola University Chicago.
Policy area: Education

Summary:
This resolution recognizes Loyola University Chicago for its contributions over its 150 years of service.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1112 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1112

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the founding of Loyola University 
                                Chicago.


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                    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. Garcia 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

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                               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;
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;
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;

    (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
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes the 
contributions Loyola University Chicago has provided Chicago and its 
national community over its 150 years of service.
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