Saint Louis University 598081 226144714 2008-07-17T00:48:47Z Stl0703 1590390 /* Academics */ {{Infobox University |name = Saint Louis University |image = [[Image:Saint louis university MO logo.png|225px]] |motto = ''[[Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]]''<br>"To the greater glory of God"'' |president = Fr. [[Lawrence Biondi]], S.J. |type = Private |affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]] ([[Jesuit]]) |established = [[1818]] |city = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] |state = [[Missouri]] |country = [[USA]] |campus = Urban, 244 acres<ref name="slufacts">[http://www.slu.edu/pr/slu_facts.pdf SLU facts]</ref> |undergrad = 7,556 |graduate = 2,196 |professional = 2,557 |faculty = 1,002 |endowment = $970 million (USD)<ref name="endow">[http://www.slu.edu/Documents/universitas/utas_fall_07.pdf ''Universitas''] (Volume 34, Issue 1)</ref> |mascot = [[Billikens]] |colors = [[blue (color)|Blue]] and [[white (color)|White]] |website = [http://www.slu.edu/ www.slu.edu] |publictransit = [[Grand (St. Louis Metrolink)|MetroLink Grand Station]], [http://www.metrostlouis.org/ MetroBus] }} {{for|the university in the Philippines|Saint Louis University, Baguio City}} '''Saint Louis University''' (also known as '''SLU''') is a private, co-educational [[Jesuit]] [[university]] in the [[United States of America]] located in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. SLU is the oldest university west of the [[Mississippi River]], founded by the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1818. It is one of 28 member institutions of the [[Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities]]. The university is accredited by the [[North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools]]. SLU's athletic teams compete in [[NCAA]]'s Division I and and the [[Atlantic 10]] Conference. It has a current enrollment of 12,309 students representing all 50 states and more than 80 foreign countries, making it the 4th-largest Jesuit University in the United States.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.slu.edu/pr/slu_facts.pdf|title=SLU Fact Sheet|publisher=Saint Louis University}}</ref> <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.slu.edu/Documents/President's_Report_2007.pdf|title=SLU President's Report 2007|publisher=Saint Louis University}}</ref> The university provides undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Its undergraduate program is currently ranked 82nd in the 2008 [[U.S. News and World Report]] rankings of "[[U.S. News & World Report#America.27s Best Colleges|America's Best Colleges]]." ==History== Saint Louis University is the oldest university west of the [[Mississippi River]] and the second-oldest Jesuit college in the nation. (Only [[Georgetown University]] has been in existence longer). It is one of 28 member institutions of the [[Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities]]. The first [[M.D.]] degree awarded west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] was conferred by Saint Louis University in 1836. [[Image:Sluig.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Statue of Saint Ignatius at SLU.]]Saint Louis University traces its origins to the Saint Louis Academy, founded on [[16 November]] [[1818]] by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Du Bourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, and placed under the charge of the Reverend François Niel and others of the secular clergy attached to the [[Old Cathedral|Saint Louis Cathedral]]. Its first location was in a private residence located near the Mississippi River in an area now occupied by the [[Jefferson National Expansion Memorial]]. In 1820 the name of the college changed to Saint Louis College, while the high school remained St. Louis Academy, now known as [[St. Louis University High]]. In 1827 Bishop Du Bourg placed it in the care of the Society of Jesus, not long after which it received its charter as a university by act of the Missouri Legislature.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13363a.htm|title=University of Saint Louis|publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia Online}}</ref>. In 1829 it moved to Washington Avenue and Ninth at the site of today's [[America's Center]] by the [[Edward Jones Dome]]. In 1867 after the [[American Civil War]] it purchased "Lindell's Grove" to be the site of its current campus. Lindell's Grove was the site of the [[Camp Jackson Affair]] in 1861 at the beginning of the war. The Affair turned into a riot in which 28 were killed and was to lead to the Union government marching through the state to evict at point of arms the state's elected governor [[Claiborne Fox Jackson]]. The first building on the campus (Du Bourg Hall) was begun in 1888 and the college moved to the new location in 1889. [[Image:Slu northeast quarter.jpg|thumb|280px|right|NE quarter of the Frost Campus of Saint Louis University, including Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology.]]During the early 1940s, many local priests, especially the Jesuits, began to challenge the [[Racial segregation|segregationist]] policies at the city's Catholic colleges and parochial schools. After the ''[[Pittsburgh Courier]]'', an African-American newspaper, ran a 1943 expose on St. Louis Archbishop [[John J. Glennon|John J. Glennon's]] interference with the admittance of a black student at the local [[Webster University|Webster College]], Father Claude Heithaus, professor of Classical Archaeology at Saint Louis University, delivered an angry sermon accusing his own institution of immoral behavior in its segregation policies. By summer of 1943, Saint Louis University had opened its doors to [[African American]]s, after its president, Father Patrick Holloran, secured Glennon's reluctant approval.<ref>Donald J. Kemper, "Catholic Integration in St. Louis, 1935-1947", ''Missouri Historical Review'', October 1978, pp. 1-13.</ref> For over thirty years the university has maintained a campus in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] with a student body of around 1000. The Madrid campus was the first freestanding campus operated by an American university in Europe and the first American institution to be recognized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university. In the early 1970s, the campus was the site of an emerging new stream of Bible-based liturgical music that has enjoyed a worldwide impact. The composers were known as the [[St. Louis Jesuits]]. After a twenty-year hiatus, they released a new album in the fall of 2005. ===Shift to Majority Lay Board of Trustees=== In 1967, Saint Louis University became one of the first Catholic universities to increase layperson decision making power. At the time, then board chairman [[Paul C. Reinert|Fr. Paul Reinert, SJ]], stepped aside to be replaced by layman Daniel Schlafly. The board also shifted to an 18 to 10 majority of laypeople.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901994,00.html?promoid=googlep|title=A Louder Voice for the Laymen|publisher=Time Magazine|date=1967-02-03|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref> This was largely instituted due to the landmark [[Maryland Court of Appeals]] case, Horace Mann vs. the Board of Public Works of Maryland, in which grants to "largely sectarian" colleges were declared unconstitutional. The [[Second Vatican Council]] has also be mentioned as a major influence on this decision for its increased focus on the laity, as well as the decreased recruitment of nuns and priests since the council.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n2_v34/ai_19967466/pg_2|title=St. Louis U. showdown could draw in Vatican - high church officials vs. university officials in the selling of Catholic teaching hospital for $3 mil to for-profit Tenet Healthcare Corp|author=Pamela Schaeffer|publisher=National Catholic Reporter|date=1997-10-31|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> From 1985 to 1992 the Chairman of the Board of Trustees was [[William H.T. Bush]] (younger brother of former President [[George H. W. Bush]]). The younger Bush also taught classes at the school.<ref>[http://www.bushodonnell.com/capitalpartners/whtbush.htm William H.T. (Bucky) Bush - bushodonnell.com - Retrieved [[January 28]], [[2008]]]</ref> Since the move to lay oversight, debate has erupted many times over how much influence the Roman Catholic Church should have on the affairs of the university. The decision by the University to sell its hospital to [[Tenet Healthcare|Tenet Healthcare Corp.]] in 1997 met much resistance by both local and national Church leaders, but went ahead as planned. In 2008 SLU basketball coach [[Rick Majerus]] was interviewed for a local news agency at a [[Hillary Clinton]] rally promoting stances on [[embryonic stem cell]] research and [[abortion]] contrary to Catholic beliefs. Despite criticism leveled by diocesan [[Raymond Leo Burke|Archbishop Raymond Burke]], University President Fr. Lawrence Biondi, SJ, refused to censure the coach, citing that Majerus was representing his own personal views and not those of the University.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/30545D6CFAE202E1862573D90017AE3B?OpenDocument|title=Burke would deny Majerus holy Communion|authors=Tim Townsend, Deirdre Shesgreen, Tom Timmermann|publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> [[Image:Slu dubourg 1888.jpg|thumb|280px|right|DuBourg Hall serves as the administration building for Saint Louis University.]] [[Image:Slu john cook school of business.jpg|thumb|280px|right|John Cook School of Business, seen from the central mall.]] ==Academics== {| style='border:1px solid #dddddd; background-color:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0px' |-valign="top" align="left" ! width='475pt' | <span style='font-size: 115%'>Undergraduate and Graduate Programs</span> ! width='300pt' | <span style='font-size: 115%'>Graduate and Professional</span> |-valign="top" | '''Frost Campus''' * [[Saint Louis University College of Arts and Sciences#College of Arts & Sciences|College of Arts & Sciences]] (1818) * [[College of Philosophy and Letters]] (1889) * [[John Cook School of Business]] (1910) * [[Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology|Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology]] (1927) * [[Saint Louis University School of Social Work|Saint Louis University School of Social Work]] (1930) * [[Saint Louis University College of Education and Public Service|College of Education and Public Service]] (1998) | '''Frost Campus''' * [[The Graduate School at Saint Louis University|The Graduate School]] (1832) * [[Saint Louis University School of Law|Saint Louis University School of Law]] (1843) * [[John Cook School of Business]] (1910) * [[Saint Louis University School of Social Work| School of Social Work]] (1930) * [[Saint Louis University School for Professional Studies|School for Professional Studies]] (1996) '''Medical Center''' * [[Saint Louis University School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] (1891) * [[Saint Louis University School of Nursing|School of Nursing]] (1928) * [[Saint Louis University Doisy College of Health Sciences|Doisy College of Health Sciences]] (1928) * [[Saint Louis University School of Public Health|Saint Louis University School of Public Health]] (1991) |} ===Additional programs=== *[[Universidad de Saint Louis|Saint Louis University - Madrid]] (1969) ==Campus== ===Libraries and Museums=== [[Image:slulib.jpg|thumb|230px|left|Pius XII Library seen from the mall.]] Saint Louis University has four libraries. [http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/ Pius XII Memorial Library] is the general academic library. It holds over 1 million books, 6,000 journal subscriptions, and 140 electronic databases. The [[Knights of Columbus]] [[Vatican Film Library]] holds a unique collection of microfilm focusing on the manuscripts housed in the [[Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana]]. The Omer Poos Law Library houses the law collection and is within the [[Saint Louis University School of Law|School of Law]]. The Medical Center Library serves the health and medical community at SLU. The University also has several museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. ===Housing=== Saint Louis has both dormitory and apartment space on-campus. As part of the Freshman Year Experience (FYE) program, resident freshman students live in one of four freshman-only buildings for their first year, after which point they are able to live anyplace else on campus. ====FYE Options==== [[Image:griese.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Griesedieck Hall]] The Griesedieck Complex (also known as "Gries", pronounced "greez") contains 16 stories of living space in its main building, with additional dorm space in its two wings, Walsh and Clemens. Gries is located in the heart of the campus, in front of the quad, and has an average freshman living space, 10' 7.5" by 18' 2", with community showers and bathrooms. Reinert Hall, named after Jesuit Father Paul C. Reinert, is located two blocks south of the main campus in a converted hotel; sometimes referred to as "the Island." Where the building lacks in location it makes up for in living space, containing some of the largest dormitories across the country, 12' 1" by 27', complete with private full baths in each room. Reinert also has access to a private pool and 24-hour in-building study/meeting rooms. ====Upperclassman Options==== [[Image:Slu clock tower.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Clock tower on the mall]] Several housing choices exist for sophomores, juniors and seniors. SLU does not have Greek houses on campus; however, DeMattias Hall acts as a Greek dormitory and de facto community House. Next to DeMattias Hall is Marguerite Hall, which offers 8 floors of suite-style two-occupancy dorm rooms. Continuing up West Pine Mall, is Notre Dame Hall. While many honors students choose to live here, it is upperclassmen housing open to all students. Another dorm option is Fusz Hall, catercorner to the University's Clocktower. It contains a food court. Grand Forest, the Village, and the Marchetti Towers are the apartment options available. Because of its proximity to the [[Chaifetz Arena]], many student-athletes live in Grand Forest. Similarly, the Village, just across from DeMattias, houses many Greeks. The Village is also very close to the local SLU bars -- [[Humphrey's Restaurant & Tavern|Humphrey's]] and Laclede's -- making it an especially popular location for juniors and seniors. The Marchetti Towers are just west of Grand Forest and consists of two, 12-story towers. Marchetti is very popular with sophomores coming out of FYE housing, though it also has a strong junior and senior population. During the summer of 2008, Marchetti Towers are undergoing a $3.8 million renovation. ===Major Building and Renovation Projects=== ====Edward A. Doisy Research Center==== [[Image:slu doisy research center.jpg|thumb|right]] SLU recently completed building a $67 million, 10-story tall research center connected to its Medical Campus Building. It is designed to be a [[green building]] and is named for [[Edward Adelbert Doisy]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate of 1943 and a long-time faculty member at SLU's medical school.<ref>SLU Press Release: [http://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/6979 SLU Research Building Named in Honor of Nobel Laureate Following $30 Million Gift]</ref> With improvements to other research building facilities, the total cost of the project is forecasted to be around $80 million. The building had its official dedication ceremony on [[December 7]], [[2007]], with faculty and staff having begun to move in during the previous weeks. ====Chaifetz Arena==== [[Image:Chaifetz arena.jpg|thumb|right]] The multi-purpose [[Chaifetz Arena|arena]], construction of which was completed in early April 2008 at a cost of $80.5 million, contains 10,600 seats for basketball, a training facility, state-of-the-art locker rooms, and a practice facility that can house an additional 1,000 spectators. It is located on the eastern-most end of campus, just north of [[U.S. Route 40|I-64/U.S. Highway 40]]. The arena replaced [[Scottrade Center]] as the University's primary location for large events, notably [[Commencement]] celebrations and varsity sports. On [[February 28]], [[2007]], the arena was named in honor of University alumnus (1975) Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, who made a $12 million naming rights gift to the Arena.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.slu.edu/x13954.xml|title=SLU Arena Named for Alumnus Richard A. Chaifetz|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref>The University's official dedication ceremony for the Arena was held on April 10, 2008.[http://www.slu.edu/x21663.xml] ====Saint Louis University School of Law==== The school recently unveiled plans for a new building. The school is currently attempting to raise the estimated $30-35 million necessary, with groundbreaking being estimated to being in 2010. ==Athletics== [[Image:SaintLouisBillikens.png|thumb|right|Saint Louis Billikens logo]] The Billikens moved from [[Conference USA]] (which was created by a merger between the Metro and Great Midwest Conferences) to the [[Atlantic Ten Conference|Atlantic 10]] (where they are the westernmost member, and both the first member located west of the Mississippi and in the Central Time Zone) on [[July 1]], [[2005]]. This is the sixth conference affiliation for SLU since 1937. SLU has been affiliated with the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] (1937&ndash;1974); the defunct [[Metro Conference]] (1975&ndash;1982); the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the [[Horizon League]] (1982-[[1991]]); and the defunct [[Great Midwest Conference]] (1991-[[1995]]). ===Soccer=== {{main|Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis Billikens women's soccer}} [[Image:SLUsoccer.JPG|thumb|left]] The [[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|men's soccer team]] has won 10 national titles (1959-60, 1962-63, 1965, 1967, 1969-70, 1972-73), the most in [[NCAA Men's Soccer Championship]] history. SLU also holds the record for most NCAA Tournament appearances with 43. Several Billikens have gone on to play professionally, including Shane Battelle, [[Brad Davis (soccer)|Brad Davis]], [[Vedad Ibisevic]], [[Brian McBride]], [[Matt McKeon]], [[Al Trost]], [[Dipsy Selolwane]], [[Mike Sorber]], [[Joe Clarke]], Bob Madison, [[Martin Hutton]], [[Jack Jewsbury]], [[Tim Ward (soccer)|Tim Ward]], and [[Will John]]. The soccer team plays at [[Hermann Stadium]] on campus. Legion 1818 is the official supporters group for the team. ===Basketball=== {{main|Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball}} {{main|List of Head Men's Basketball Coaches at Saint Louis University}} Simply known to all as "The Program", the Billikens were ranked first in the first [[Associated Press|AP]] basketball poll during the 1948&ndash;1949 season. [[Ed Macauley]] of the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] and SLU won the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] championship in [[1948 National Invitation Tournament|1948]] and have played in the NIT 18 times, most recently in 2004. [[Larry Hughes]] of the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] played one season at SLU in the 1997-1998 season, where he was selected as the consensus national Freshman of the Year. They have made the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] in [[1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1952]], [[1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1957]], [[1994 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1994]], [[1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1995]], [[1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1998]], and [[2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2000]]. The Billikens are currently coached by [[Rick Majerus]]. The Program officially relocated from the [[Bauman-Eberhardt Center]], the third oldest facility in NCAA Division I sports, to [[Chaifetz Arena]] on the eastern edge of campus for spring workouts in early April 2008. ===Ice Hockey=== SLU had a Division I hockey program that played in the [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] from the 1970-1971 season until the program ended in 1980. The team was a strong team in the CCHA and over the 9 seasons of play SLU made the championship 6 times[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CCHA_Tournament_champions#Previous_formats]. The current team began play for the 1996-1997 season and is a member in the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] (ACHA) and fields a Men's Division 1 team in the [[Central States Collegiate Hockey League]] (CSCHL). When it needs to, SLU Hockey also has the option to field a D2 team to give a place to student-athletes to develop their skills. The team plays home games at the Affton Ice Arena [[Affton, MO,]] but the University has plans to build the [[Saint Louis University Ice Pavilion]] to bring them closer to campus. ===Other Sports=== * '''Football''' SLU no longer has a football team. The university fielded an intercollegiate squad from 1899 to 1949, and then a club-level football squad during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although the school no longer has a football team, the sport made a lasting mark as the team, coached by [[Eddie Cochems]], threw the first legal [[forward pass]] in football history in 1906. Moreover, the "Billikens" nickname still used by the school derives from the physical appearance of former football coach [[John R. Bender]].<ref>[http://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/699 What is a Billiken: Unmasking Saint Louis University | Saint Louis University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * '''Baseball''' In 2006, the Billiken baseball team earned the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 1966 by winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament. SLU's most successful baseball team of all time was the 1965 squad, which qualified for the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the [[College World Series]]. * '''Volleyball''' The women's volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2006 by winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament, marking the program's first-ever NCAA appearance and its first post-season bid since earning a spot in the 1995 National Invitation Tournament. The team plays its home games on the practice courts of the recently completed Chaifetz Arena on the eastern edge of campus. * '''Softball''' The Saint Louis softball team enjoyed the best season in program history in 2007. The Billikens established a school record in wins with a 29-33 slate and established team records in hits, runs, doubles and home runs. As the Number 3 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, the Billikens advanced through the field to the title game before losing to host and top-seeded Massachusetts. ==Student Life== ===Student Organizations=== Saint Louis University has a large number of student organizations that cover a variety of interests: student government, club sports, organizations focused on media and publications, performing arts, religion and volunteerism and service. A current list can be found [http://www.slu.edu/campus_life_getting_involved.html here] on the university's website. [[Image:SLU portals.jpg|thumb|230px|left|Walking through the SLU portals at Grand Avenue.]] ====Non-Greek Student Groups==== *Service Leadership - certificate program through the Business School where participants are encouraged to become leaders through service *[http://www.barenakedstatues.com Bare Naked Statues] - BNS is the award-winning all-male [[a cappella]] group on campus. They have 2 professionally recorded CDs and have been featured on the Voices Only A Cappella compilation CD. *Great Issues Committee - speaker's bureau; brings speakers to the University's campus, second most funded organization from SGA, recent speakers include [[Mary Robinson]], [[Ralph Nader]], [[Ehud Barak]], and [[General Wesley Clark]]. *[[Parks Guard]] - Military drill team that competes in [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]] drill competitions and conducts honor guard ceremonies for local events *Presidential Scholars Society - an [[undergraduate]] [[social group|social organization]] and [[honor society|scholastic honor society]] whose members have received SLU's highest [[Financial aid#Merit-based|academic award]], the Presidential Scholarship. *Student Activities Board *[[Campus Kitchen]] - Program where student volunteers cook safe, unused food from campus dining facilities and deliver meals to low-income individuals and local community organizations. ====Greek Life==== Saint Louis has 12 fraternities and seven sororities on-campus.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.slu.edu/fraternities_sororities.html|title=Fraternities and Sororities|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> =====Fraternities===== [[Image:Slu student village.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Student Village]] *[[Alpha Delta Gamma]] *[[Beta Theta Pi]] *[[Delta Sigma Phi]] *[[Phi Delta Theta]] *[[Phi Kappa Theta]] *[[Pi Kappa Alpha]] (Chapter disbanded by the University until 2012.)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://media.www.unewsonline.com/media/storage/paper953/news/2007/01/26/News/Greek.Drama.Unfolds-2680919.shtml?sourcedomain=www.unewsonline.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com&mkey=2316770|title=Greek Drama Unfolds|author=UNews Staff|publisher=The University News|date=2007-01-26|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref> *[[Kappa Delta Rho]] *[[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] *[[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] *[[Sigma Chi]] *[[Tau Kappa Epsilon]] =====Sororities===== *[[Alpha Delta Pi]] *[[Delta Gamma]] *[[Gamma Phi Beta]] *[[Kappa Delta]] *[[Sigma Kappa]] *[[Sigma Gamma Rho]] *[[Zeta Tau Alpha]]<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.zetataualpha.org/default.aspx?action=Content&ContentId=190|title=Zeta Tau Alpha has arrived at Saint Louis University!|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> ==Notable moments== *1903 -- [[Theodore Roosevelt]] attends a Latin disputation at Saint Louis University. It is a "Grand Act" (a defense covering Philosophy and Theology) given by Spanish Jesuit Fr. Joachim Villalonga in celebration of the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|centennial of the Louisiana Purchase]]. *1906 -- [[Bradbury Robinson]] throws the first legal forward pass in the history of American football to Jack Schneider, under the direction of SLU coach [[Eddie Cochems]] ([[September 5]], [[1906]], against Carroll College of Waukesha). *1943 -- Professor of Biochemistry [[Edward Adelbert Doisy]] shares (with [[Henrik Dam]]) the [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology or Medicine for his work on [[Vitamin K]], which he had isolated in a pure form in 1939. *1949 -- Jesuit Priests from SLU assist a teenage boy believed to suffer from demonic possession. The boy's experience serves as the basis of the documentary ''In The Grip Of Evil'' and is dramatized in the 1971 novel ''[[The Exorcist]]'' followed by the 1973 film ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''. *1967 -- First lay incorporation of a Jesuit university in the United States. The membership of the Board of Trustees went from 13 Jesuit priests to 18 lay members and 10 Jesuits. Fr. [[Paul C. Reinert|Paul Reinert, S.J.,]] yielded the chairmanship to Daniel L. Schlafly. (Reported in Time magazine, [[February 3]], [[1967]]: "A Louder Voice for Laymen.") *2006 -- [[Cardinal Sfeir]], Patriarch of the 12-15 million-member [[Maronite Catholic Church]] and one of the most important figures in the Middle East, was bestowed with Saint Louis University's highest honor, the Sword of Ignatius Loyola, on [[June 30]], [[2006]].<ref>SLU Press Release: [http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newslink/7023 Maronite Patriarch Receives SLU's Sword of Ignatius Loyola]</ref> ==Fight Song== [[Image:Slu billiken.jpg|thumb|200px|right|SLU's mascot, the Billiken]] '''''Saint Louis University Fight Song''''' Root, Root, Root, for S-L-U We are out to win the game We always fight for the white and blue Now let's cheer ‘er valiant name Saint Louis U! Saint Louis U! (chant) Go Bills! Go Bills! Go Bills Go! (chant) ==Notable graduates== ===Academia=== *[[Michael J. Garanzini]], [[S.J.]] (B.A. 1971) -- President of Loyola University of Chicago (since 2001), former president of SLU student government association, 1969-1970. *[[Walter J. Ong]], S.J. (M.A. 1941) -- World-renowned cultural and religious historian, philosopher, and lecturer. *John P. Schlegel, S.J. (B.A. 1969; M.A. 1970) -- Former president of the [[University of San Francisco]] and current president of [[Creighton University]] (since 2000). ===The Arts=== *[[Richard Dooling]] (B.A. 1976; J.D. 1987) -- Lawyer and author of four novels: ''Critical Care''; ''White Man's Grave''; ''Brain Storm''; ''Bet Your Life''. *[[Robert Guillaume]] (Attended) -- Stage and television actor (''Benson'', ''Soap''). *[[James Gunn (film maker)|James Gunn]] (B.A. 1992) -- Film Director (''[[Slither (film)|Slither]]''), Screenwriter (''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]''), and novelist (''[[The Toy Collector]]''). *[[Andreas Katsulas]] (B.A.) -- Actor, ''The Fugitive'', ''Babylon 5'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. *[[David Merrick]] (J.D. 1937) -- Broadway producer. ===Business=== *Jack Boehm -- Former President and CEO of [[Valvoline]] Oil Company. *[[August Busch IV]] (B.S.; M.B.A.) -- Current President and CEO of the [[Anheuser-Busch]] Company. *[[Mark Lamping]] (M.B.A.) -- President of the St. Louis Cardinals. *[[Walden O'Dell]] (B.S.; M.S.) -- Former CEO and Chairman of Diebold, Inc. *Dave Senay (B.A.) -- President and CEO of [[Fleishman-Hillard]] International Communications. *[[Rex Sinquefield]] (B.A.) -- Co-founder and co-chairman of [[Dimensional Fund Advisors]]; president of the Show-Me Institute. *Richard T. Stith, Jr. (A.B. 1940) -- Insurance executive, former mayor of Clayton, MO (1983-1987), President, Mayors of Large Cities (1985-86). ===Politics=== [[Image:Enrique Bolaños Geyer 2004.jpg|thumb|right|[[Enrique Bolaños]], President of the Republic of [[Nicaragua]].]] *[[Dave Barrett]] (M.S.W. 1956) -- Premier of British Columbia, Canada (1972-1975). *[[Gordon Lee Baum]] (J.D.) - CEO of the [[Council of Conservative Citizens]]. *[[Enrique Bolaños]] (B.A. 1962) -- President of Nicaragua. *[[Freeman Bosley, Jr.]] (B.A. 1976; J.D. 1979) -- [[St. Louis, Missouri]]'s first [[African-American]] [[mayor]]. *Jack W. Buechner (J.D. 1965) -- U.S. Congressman, Missouri (1987-1991). *[[William Lacy Clay, Sr.]] (B.S. 1953) -- U.S. Congressman, Missouri (1969-2001). *[[Robert E. Hannegan|Robert Emmett Hannegan]] (1903-1949) (J.D. [[1925]]) -- Commissioner of U.S. Internal Revenue (1943-1945); Chairman, Democratic National Committee (1944-1947); U.S. Postmaster General (Truman administration, 1945-1947); President, St, Louis Cardinals (1947-1949). *[[Lester C. Hunt]] -- Governor of Wyoming (1943-1949), U.S. Senator, Wyoming (1949-1954). *John M. Nations (J.D. 1988) -- Mayor, Chesterfield, Missouri 2001 - [http://www.lawyers.com/Missouri/St.-Louis/John-M.-Nations-1046392-a.html?] *[[William F. Quinn]] -- First Governor of Hawaii (1959-1963). *[[Francis Slay]] (J.D. 1980) -- Forty-fifth mayor of the City of St. Louis. *[[James F. Strother]] -- Virginia House of Delegate (1840-1851), Speaker of the Virginia House (1851), U.S. Congressman, Virginia (1851-1853). *[[Joseph P. Teasdale]] (J.D.) -- Governor of Missouri (1977-1981). *[[Harold L. Volkmer]] -- U.S. Congressman, Missouri (1977-1997). ===Science=== *[[Gene Kranz]] (B.S. [[1954]]) -- Lead [[NASA]] flight director during the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing and leader of the [[Apollo 13]] rescue mission. ===Sports=== [[Image:Brian mcbride ffc 2005.jpg|thumb|U.S. captain [[Brian McBride]] playing for [[Fulham F.C.]]]] *[[Anthony Bonner]] -- SLU's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball and played six seasons in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks and the Orlando Magic. *Dick Boushka -- Basketball All-American in 1954-55, Olympic gold medalist in 1956. Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers. *[[Bob Ferry]] -- Basketball All-American in 1958-59, enjoyed a ten-year career in the NBA with the St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets. Former assistant coach and general manager of the Baltimore Bullets; NBA Executive of the Year in 1979 and 1982. *[[Larry Hughes]] -- NBA Basketball player - attended but never graduated, was drafted after his freshman year into the NBA by the Philadelphia 76ers. Currently plays for the [[Chicago Bulls]]. *[[Pat Leahy (football player)|Pat Leahy]] -- [[Placekicker]] for the [[New York Jets]] from 1974 to 1990, played soccer at SLU *[[Ed Macauley]] (1949) -- NBA Hall of Famer *[[Brian McBride]] -- Only American to score in more than one FIFA World Cup tournament, doing so once in 1998 (vs. Iran), and twice in 2002 (game-winners vs. Portugal and Mexico). He is also SLU's all-time leading goal-scorer and held the freshman scoring record until 2003, when he was surpassed by [[Vedad Ibisevic]]. Current captain of [[EPL]] side [[Fulham F.C.]] *Hank Raymonds -- Former basketball coach and athletic director at Marquette University who made six post-season appearances and compiled a record of 126-50 as head coach from 1977-1983. *[[Jerry Trupiano]] -- Former [[Boston Red Sox]] Radio Broadcaster ===Miscellaneous=== *[[Thomas Anthony Dooley]] -- (M.D. 1958) -- humanitarian who worked in Southeastern Asia; author of ''Deliver Us from Evil'', ''The Edge of Tomorrow'', and ''The Night They Burned the Mountain''. *Thomas J. Farrell -- (B.A. 1966; M.A. 1968; Ph.D. 1974) -- "Man of the Year" according to the SLU student newspaper in May 1969 is the author of ''Walter Ong's Contributions to Cultural Studies'' (2000) and senior editor (with Paul A. Soukup, S.J.; SLU B.A. 1973) of ''An Ong Reader'' (2002). *[[John Anthony Kaiser|John Kaiser]] -- M.H.M. (B.A. 1960) -- Mill Hill Missionary died under suspicious circumstances while serving in Kenya. Received an Award for Distinguished Service in the Promotion of Human Rights from the Law Society of Kenya prior to his death. *Trafford P. Maher -- S.J. (B.A. 1937; M.A. 1939) -- with a grant from the American Jewish Committee, researched material that was used by the [[Second Vatican Council]] in documents on ecumenism and relationships with non-Christians. *Mev Puleo (B.A. 1985) -- theological educator, photojournalist and social activist. *[[Sister Rose Thering]], O.P. (Ph.D. 1961) -- Dominican nun whose campaign against anti-Semitism in Catholic textbooks is the subject of the Oscar-nominated 39-minute documentary film directed by Oren Jacoby, ''Sister Rose's Passion''. ==Notable Faculty== ===Past=== *[[Edward Adelbert Doisy|Dr. Edward Adelbert Doisy]] ([[November 3]], [[1893]] – [[October 23]], [[1986]]) -- Biochemist, awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of [[vitamin K]] and its chemical structure. *[[Marshall McLuhan]] -- (1937-1944) well-known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and the "global village". *[[Kurt Schuschnigg]] -- (1948-1967) Chancellor of Austria from 1934 to 1938, when Austria was annexed by Germany and was controlled by Adolf Hitler until 1945. ===Present=== *Dr. Belden C. Lane -- Author of ''Landscapes of the Sacred: Geography and Narrative in American Spirituality''. His academic interests include American religion and spirituality, focusing particularly on the connection between religion and geography. *Dr. [[Clarence H. Miller]] -- Emeritus Professor of English known for his contributions to the study of Renaissance literature, including his translations of St. Thomas More's ''Utopia'' and Erasmus's ''Praise of Folly''. *[[Thomas Shippey|Dr. Thomas Alan Shippey]] -- Author and former faculty member of [[Oxford University]], where he taught [[Old English]]. Widely considered one of the leading academic scholars of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. *Dr. Eleonore Stump -- Author of ''Aquinas (The Arguments of the Philosophers)'', as well as ''The Cambridge Companion to Augustine'' and ''The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas''. She is the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Professor of Philosophy and is one of the foremost [[Analytical Thomism|Analytical Thomists]]. *Dr. [[Donald T. Critchlow]]--Specializes in twentieth-century American political history and is the author of more than thirteen books. Notable books include ''The Conservative Ascendancy'', ''Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism'', and ''Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government in Modern America.'' Critchlow's most recent work is ''American Political Conspiracies: A Reader'', which he co-edited with Matthew C. Sherman and John Korasick. *Dr. Warren Treadgold--Internationally known for his work on the Byzantine Empire, ''A History of the Byzantine State and Society'' *Dr. [[Thomas Madden]] -- Renowned historian of Venice and the crusades; author of ''The New Concise History of the Crusades'' and ''Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice'' ==See also== *[[Grand Center]] ==External links== {{commonscat|Saint Louis University}} *[http://www.slu.edu/ Saint Louis University] *[http://www.slu.edu/Documents/President's_Report_2007.pdf SLU President's Report 2007] *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13363a.htm Saint Louis University (early history)] *[http://www.slu.edu/sluhistory/ Saint Louis University history] *[http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/cmrs/index.html Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University] *[http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl/ Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library] *[http://slubillikens.collegesports.com/ Official SLU athletics site] *[http://www.slu.edu/the_arts/cupples/ Cupples House] *[http://arena.slu.edu/arena2.html SLU Chaifetz Arena Website] *[http://researchbuilding.slu.edu/ SLU Edward A. 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