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Loyola University New Orleans
Motto:	Deo et Patriae -(For God and country) - Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Established	1904, chartered July 10, 1912
Type:	AJCU
Endowment:	US $326 million[1]
President:	Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
Staff:	240
Undergraduates:	3,000
Postgraduates:	2,000
Location	New Orleans, LA, USA
Campus:	Urban, 24 acres
Colors:	Maroon and Gold
Mascot:	The Wolfpack
Website:	www.loyno.edu

Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the United States with 5,000 students (3,000 undergraduates). Loyola University New Orleans' main campus is located in the Uptown neighborhood, fifteen minutes from the historic French Quarter, across St. Charles Avenue from Audubon Park and coterminous to the main campus of Tulane University. Loyola University New Orleans is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is the largest Catholic University in the southern United States. Loyola University New Orleans ranked sixth in the category of best South regional (master's) universities in the 2008 issue of the annual America's Best Colleges issue and guidebook published by U.S. News & World Report.

Contents 1 History 1.1 List of University Presidents 1.2 Hurricane Katrina 2 The University 3 Academics 3.1 Colleges 3.1.1 College of Humanities and Natural Sciences 3.1.2 College of Social Sciences 3.1.3 The Joseph A. Butt, S.J., College of Business 3.1.4 College of Music and Fine Arts 3.1.5 College of Law 4 Libraries and Institutes 4.1 Libraries 4.1.1 J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library 4.1.2 Law Library 4.2 Centers and Institutes 5 Student Life 5.1 Danna Center 5.2 RecPlex 5.3 Student Government 5.4 Campus Publications 5.4.1 The Maroon 5.4.2 Other Publications 5.5 Service Organizations 5.5.1 LUCAP 5.5.2 Others 5.6 Greek Life 6 Athletics 7 Notable Alumni 8 Prominent professors 9 References 10 External links

Loyola’s history dates back to the early 18th century when the Jesuits first arrived among the earliest settlers in New Orleans and Louisiana.^[2]

Loyola University 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. According to University lore, 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 college. As with many Jesuit schools, it contained both a college and preparatory academy. The first classes of Loyola College were held in a residence behind Most Holy Name of Jesus Church. Fr. Biever was the first president. The first of Loyola's permanent buildings was undertaken in 1907, with Marquette Hall completed in 1910.

In 1911, the Jesuit schools in New Orleans were reorganized. The College of the Immaculate Conception, founded in 1847 in downtown New Orleans, split its high school and college divisions and became solely a secondary institution, now known as Jesuit High School. Loyola was designated as the collegiate institution and was chartered as Loyola University on July 10, 1912.

Loyola grew steadily over the years on its uptown campus. For many years, the University consisted mainly of Marquette and Bobet Hall, with large athletic fields extending back towards the end of the campus at Freret St. Loyola has the distinction of transmitting the first radio broadcast in the Deep South, when WWL began operation as a laboratory experiment on March 31, 1922.^[3] With the discontinuance of the football program in the 1930s, more space became available for construction of new facilities. Stallings Hall, built as a dedicated building for the College Of Business Administration, and the Library (now known as the "Old Library") were constructed in the post World War II years, accommodating the growth of the student population.

More expansion continued in 1964, with the addition of the Joseph F. Danna Student Center; Albert Biever Hall, a student residence hall named after the first university president; and a central heating/cooling plant. Built soon after in 1967 was Henrietta Buddig Hall, a student residence that is Loyola's tallest building at twelve stories. The last building to be added in the 1960s was the J. Edgar Monroe Science Building (now known as Monroe Hall), the largest academic building erected to date.

In 1984 Loyola purchased the facilities of St. Mary’s Dominican College, a nearby Roman Catholic womens' college which was closing down, and transformed it into the Broadway campus (after the name of its street location). Today, the Broadway campus includes Loyola's School of Law, Cabra Residence Hall, and a Department of Visual Arts.

Expansion in recent years has seen the addition of Mercy Hall, purchased in 1993, a former girl's preparatory academy; construction of Carrollton Hall, an upperclassman residence; and the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library, the latter two completed in 1999.

In 1996, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities granted exclusive branding rights to Loyola University Chicago to call itself Loyola University. This resulted in Loyola New Orleans' current trademark, Loyola University New Orleans.

There have been sixteen presidents since the establishment of Loyola College in 1904.^[4]

President	Years
Albert H. Biever, S.J.	1904-1913
Alphonse E. Otis, S.J	1913-1919
Edward A. Cummings, S.J.	1919-1924
Francis X. Twellmeyer, S.J.	1924-1925
Florence D. Sullivan, S.J.	1925-1931
John W. Hynes, S.J.	1931-1936
Harold A. Gaudin, S.J.	1936-1939
Percy A. Roy, S.J.	1939-1945
Thomas J. Shields, S.J.	1945-1952
W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J.	1952-1961
Andrew C. Smith, S.J.	1961-1966
Homer R. Jolley, S.J.	1966-1970
Michael F. Kennelly, S.J.	1970-1974
James C. Carter, S.J.	1974-1995
Bernard P. Knoth, S.J.	1995-2003
William J. Byron, S.J.	2003-2004 (acting)
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.	2004-Present

In August 2005, Loyola closed its campus and evacuated its students in anticipation of Hurricane Katrina. The campus sustained minimal wind damage including broken windows but floodwaters did not breach any buildings. Following cleanup, classes resumed on Monday, 2006-01-09. Despite the displacement of the entire student body during the fall 2005 semester, 91 percent of Loyola’s undergraduate students returned for the spring 2006 semester. Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2006 took place April 28-29, the first New Orleans college to do so post-Katrina.

On 2006-04-10, President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. unveiled PATHWAYS - Toward Our Second Century, Loyola's strategic plan. The plan restructured the University's colleges and eliminated several academic programs and faculty positions to reduce operating costs and revitalize the University. "PATHWAYS" was widely criticized by students and staff who felt uninvolved in the decision-making process. The Board of Trustees however unanimously approved and passed the plan on 2006-05-19. In response, the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences produced a vote of no-confidence in both the President and the Provost.

In Fall 2006, Loyola welcomed the class of 2010, the first post-Katrina freshman class, with 555 new students.^[5]

Loyola is home to 5,000 students, including 3,000 undergraduates. The student faculty ratio is 12 to 1, far better than the national average of 45 to 1 among private institutions.^{[citation needed]} Loyola's motto is "Thinking Critically, Acting Justly." Loyola New Orleans offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, stated the New York-based education services company, The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review features Loyola New Orleans in the new 2007 edition of its annual book, The Best 361 Colleges.[1]

Almost all courses are taught by full-time faculty, and 91 percent hold doctoral or equivalent degrees in their area of expertise. Professors have been recognized nationally and internationally by the Pulitzer Committee, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by numerous other professional and scholarly associations.[2]

The seal, which was adopted by the university in 1929, reveals the coat of arms of the house of Loyola with the emblem of the Society of Jesus at the top. Central to the seal are two wolves and a golden pot, which come from St. Ignatius Loyola's family crest and symbolize generosity, having enough to give to the wolves. Above the figures of the wolves appear the fleur-de-lis, which represents the French origin of the city and state. Beneath it is a pelican feeding its young with her own blood; this ancient symbol of Christianity (Christ feeding the Church with his body and blood through the Eucharist) depicts Loyola as an institution of the state of Louisiana.[3]

Loyola is organized into colleges specializing in the liberal arts, sciences and certain professions. The colleges at Loyola include:

• College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
• College of Social Sciences
• The Joseph A. Butt, S.J., College of Business
• College of Music and Fine Arts
• College of Law

The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences focuses on areas concerning the natural sciences and liberal arts programs. It contains the departments of English, history, languages, philosophy, religious studies, psychology, biology, liberal studies, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. Also under the college's supervision is the Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM).[4]

The College of Social Sciences specializes in areas that deal with the human condition. The College of Social Sciences contains the departments of counseling, criminal justice, human and organizational development, sociology, and political science. The college also includes the Schools of Nursing and Mass Communication.[5]

The College of Business began as an outgrowth of the College of Arts and Sciences and became a full fledged college in 1947. In 1983, the College of Business was renamed in honor of Joseph A. Butt, S.J., a longtime Jesuit professor in the business college. The College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a prestigious honor awarded to only 450 business schools worldwide. The college offers programs in the fields of economics, finance, international business, management, marketing, and accountancy.

The College of Music was established when the New Orleans Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art was incorporated into the university in 1932. The College of Music gives students the chance to combine liberal arts with professional music courses. It is the only Jesuit college of music in the United States. The college offers programs in Jazz Studies, Music Education, Music Therapy, Music Industry Studies, Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance, Ballet, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts. In April 2007, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance announced its relocation to the College of Music and Fine Arts from the campus of the University of Southern California.

Main article: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Loyola's law school opened in 1914. The School of Law was renamed the College of Law with the passage of the PATHWAYS Plan on May 19, 2006.

Loyola’s J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library is the winner of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ 2003 "Excellence in Academic Libraries Award." The award, given to an outstanding community college, college, and university library each year, recognizes the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution. Loyola University New Orleans, the recipient in the university library division, now joins prior winners such as Cornell University and the University of Arizona. The Association of College and Research Libraries, the largest division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research.[6]

Loyola’s J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library has ranked 6th in the “Best College Library” category, according to The Princeton Review in its 2008 edition of The Best 361 Colleges.

Loyola University New Orleans' Law Library is located in the College of Law building on the Broadway Campus. It contains over 286,000 volumes and microfilm for the support of the students and faculty of the College of Law. Due to the unique tradition of civil law in Louisiana, the library has substantial collections from civil law jurisdictions from around the world, including France, Scotland, and Quebec.

• The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance
• Center for Environmental Communications
• Center for the Study of Catholics in the South
• Gillis Long Poverty Law Center
• Jesuit Center
• Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy
• Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM)
• Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications
• Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice
• Jesuit Social Research Institute

The epicenter of Loyola's on-campus life is the Dr. Joseph A. Danna Center, built in 1969. The Danna Center houses many services, including dining facilities at the Orleans Room and the Underground, the campus bookstore, lounges, and student organization and university offices.

The Recreational Sports Complex, or RecPlex, houses all the athletic facilities on Loyola's campus. It was constructed in 1987 and paid for in full by Freeport McMoRan. The complex is situated on the fifth and sixth floors of the Freret Street parking garage. The Rec Plex is home to the largest suspended pool in North America.

Loyola is governed by the Student Government Association (SGA), which is divided in three branches- the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Each branch is run independent from each other, with each having a head of the branch. The executive branch is headed by the president and their cabinet, the legislative branch has the de facto congresspersons-at-large, and the judicial branch is headed by the chief justice. One of the greatest powers SGA holds is budget allocation, whereby each university sanctioned organization is allotted a certain amount of money for the upcoming year.

The student-run weekly newspaper, The Maroon, was established in 1923. It is published weekly during the spring and fall semesters. "The Maroon" has been nominated for the Associated Collegiate Press' National Pacemaker Award six times and has won the award in 1983, 1986, 1998, 1999, and 2006. [7] [8]

Other student publications include The Wolf, Loyola's annual yearbook, ReVisions, the annual literary arts journal, and Reader's Response, which publishes the single best paper from each of the English Department's literature and theory courses.

Each semester, a small group of students intern for The New Orleans Review, an international journal of contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, film and book reviews, founded in 1968 and published by Loyola University.

The Loyola University Community Action Program, commonly referred to as LUCAP, serves as an umbrella organization for community service, social justice, and advocacy work on the Loyola campus.

Students at Loyola are involved in a number of campus community service organizations, the most prominent being the Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP). Other organizations include Circle K International, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Peers Advocating Wellness (PAWS), and many others. Many students took a lead in rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina through these service organizations.

Loyola is home to 12 different social fraternities and sororities that encompass over 20 percent of the undergraduate population. Presently, none of the Greek organizations own official houses. The last Greek organization to own a house was Alpha Delta Gamma, whose house burned in January 2006. Since the burning of the ADG house, it has stood untouched on Freret Street, just two blocks from Loyola's Main Campus. Loyola's Greek organizations are governed by three councils, the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Fraternities

• Alpha Delta Gamma (1932)
• Alpha Phi Alpha (1988)
• Beggars (1923)
• Kappa Alpha Psi (2005)
• Phi Kappa Psi (1989)
• Phi Beta Sigma (1984)
• Sigma Alpha Kappa (1923)
• Sigma Phi Epsilon (1983)

Sororities

• Alpha Chi Omega (1984)
• Alpha Kappa Alpha (1972)
• Delta Gamma (1984)
• Delta Sigma Theta (1977)
• Gamma Phi Beta (1989)
• Zeta Phi Beta
• Theta Phi Alpha (1959)

Loyola's sports teams are nicknamed the Wolfpack, who participate in the NAIA's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. Loyola's six intercollegiate teams are unique in the fact that they are almost wholly supported by students through a referendum passed in 1991. Since 2003, the athletic department has offered three athletic scholarships in basketball to attract talent. Locally, Loyola's biggest rival is adjacent Tulane University, and the annual basketball game between the two teams is one of biggest athletic events at Loyola. Spring Hill College is also another rival in conference play. A Pack Pride Committee has been founded in recent years to promote athletics and to encourage community members to be "Proud to be Part of the 'Pack".

• Hunt Downer, '72 former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• Col. John Bourgeois, '51 former director of the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” Washington, D.C.
• Cassandra McWilliams Chandler, ’84, Assistant Director of Training, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Dr. Gregory R. Choppin, ’49, discoverer of Element Md 101-Mendelevium, chemistry professor at Florida State University
• Edwin Compass, ’00, ’02, Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
• Klaus G. Dorfi, ’65, chairman of the board and CEO, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, New York
• Adrian G. Duplantier, '49, (deceased) federal judge and former Louisiana state senator
• Seán Brett Duggan, ’76, a finalist in the 1972 International Golbert Competition; the only two-time, first-place winner of the International Bach Competition
• Manuel A. Esquivel, ’62, former Prime Minister of Belize
• Norman Francis '55 (law), president of Xavier University of Louisiana
• Ken Hoffman, ’65, president and CEO, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chicago
• John M. Jones, ’73, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Green Bay Packers
• Ed Karst, controversial mayor of Alexandria (1969-1973)
• Moon Landrieu, ’52, ’54, former mayor of New Orleans; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Former Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
• Oscar M. Laurel, '41, Mexican-American politician in south Texas
• Kerry Ann Layden
• Ellis Marsalis, ’86, nationally known jazz pianist and recording artist.
• Russell Myerson, ’76, Executive Vice President, Warner Brothers Television
• Sean O'Keefe, ’77, Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator; LSU Chancellor
• Paul G. Pastorek, ’79, General Counsel, NASA
• Beth Patterson, ’93, world-renowned Irish and Celtic musician and producer
• Dr. Susan Plaeger, '71, Leading scientist in the field of HIV/AIDS, Branch Chief, Pathogenesis and Basic Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Division of HIV/AIDS (DAIDS).
• Vance Plauche, '18, U.S. representative from Lake Charles, 1941-1943
• Andreas Preuss, ’87, supervising producer CNN International, Atlanta
• Dan Richey, '75, former state representative and state senator and Republican political activist
• Frances T. “Paco” Scanlan, ’69, member of the senior foreign service, diplomat in residence at Tulane University
• Abby Terkuhle, ’77, president, MTV Animation, and creative director, MTV, New York
• Norman Treigle, opera star
• Robert Wilkie, ’88 Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House, Washington, D.C.
• Bernard J. Ward '44 & '49, longtime professor at Loyola University New Orleans, Notre Dame Law School, and University of Texas School of Law; renowned expert in Federal Judiciary and Federal Procedure

• Chase Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Economics William Barnett II
• Robert Hunter Distinguished Professor John Biguenet
• Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics Walter Block
• Hilton/Baldridge Distinguished Chair in Music Industry Studies and Professor of Marketing Jerry R. Goolsby
• Artists-in-Residence: Col. John R. Bourgeois USMC (Ret.), Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton

• Loyola University New Orleans
• Office of Admissions
• College of Law
• College of Business
• Giving to Loyola
• PATHWAYS, Loyola's strategic plan
• Official Site of Wolfpack Athletics

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