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Loyola University in New Orleans was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1904 as Loyola College on a section of the Foucher Plantation bought by the Jesuits in 1886. A young Jesuit, Fr. Albert Biever, was given a nickel for street car fare and told by his Jesuit superiors to travel Uptown on the St. Charles Streetcar and found a university. [ 6 ]
Loyola Press is a publishing house based in Chicago, Illinois. It is a nonprofit apostolate of the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus. [3] It has no connection with Loyola University Chicago. It publishes school books for the parochial school market, as well as trade books for adults and children.
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola / l ɔɪ ˈ oʊ l ə / [3] or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States.
Follett Corporation was founded in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a used book store in his Wheaton, Illinois, home. [4] Three years later, Barnes moved his business, now named C. M. Barnes & Company, to Chicago where he opened a store at 23 LaSalle Street. Here, he sold new and used textbooks, stationery and school supplies.
Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland.Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in the United States and the first college in the United States to bear the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus.
Loyola University is one of several Jesuit Universities named for St. Ignatius of Loyola. Loyola University may refer to: Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Women and Leadership Archives store the records of many different individuals and organizations from the Chicago area. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, the now famous chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, was a teacher at Mundelein College before being hired by Loyola. Her manuscript collection is housed in the WLA.
The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, formerly known as the Joseph J. Gentile Center or "The Joe", is a 4,486-seat [1] multi-purpose arena on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. The arena opened in 1996. It is the home of the Loyola Ramblers men's and women's basketball programs. Renovations at the facility began in the summer of 2011. [2]