,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aaab  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #ae1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4    
,lipinski1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,ms4 ,kelly of
 ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4          
,schneider1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4 ,garca  
of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1
 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 and ,mr4  
,pence7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and ,labor     
,,resolution  ,recognizing the #aejth   
anniversary of the founding of ,loyola  
,university ,chicago4  ,whereas ,loyola 
,university ,chicago is celebrating its 
#aejth anniversary as the only ,jesuit  
,catholic university in ,illinois on    
,september #e1 #bjbj2 ,whereas ,arnold  
,damen1 ,s4,j41 sought to open a college
 in affiliation with ,holy ,family      
,parish in #ahef to serve ,chicago's    
,catholic immigrants1 purchased land at 

the corner of ,twelfth and ,may         
,streets1 and began construction in     
#ahei2 ,whereas ,st4 ,ignatius ,college 
opened on ,september #e1 #ahgj1 with a  
class of #cg students2 ,whereas the     
,great ,chicago ,fire started only a few
 blocks from ,st4 ,ignatius ,college in 
#ahga1 but the new ,college survived and
 served as a safe haven for the         
devastated neighborhood2 ,whereas1 in   
#aije1 ,henry ,j4 ,dumbach1 ,s4,j41     
purchased nearly #bj acres of land in   
,rogers ,park1 the future home of       
,loyola's ,lake ,shore ,campus2 ,whereas
 the ,school of ,law opened in #aijh    
where men and women were both admitted2 
,whereas1 on ,october #bc1 #aiji1 ,st4  
,ignatius ,college was granted a new    
charter by the ,state of ,illinois and  
was officially renamed ,loyola          
,university2 ,whereas ,loyola's student 
newspaper1 ,the ,loyola ,news1 later the
 ,loyola ,phoenix1 was founded in #aibd2
 ,whereas1 in #aibf1 having no home     
field for its football team1 ,loyola    

adopted the nickname ,ramblers for all  
of its athletic teams2 ,whereas1 in     
#aice1 ,loyola established a ,school of 
,nursing1 the first fully accredited    
collegiate school of nursing in the     
,state of ,illinois2 ,whereas1 in #aifc1
 ,loyola's men's varsity basketball team
 played ,mississippi ,state ,university 
in the ,game of ,change1 a landmark of  
the civil rights movement2 ,whereas     
,loyola's men's basketball team goes on 
to win the #aifc ,,ncaa ,tournament1    
becoming the first and only team from   
,illinois to win the national           
championship2 ,whereas1 in #aigj1       
,loyola ,university marked the #ajjth   
anniversary of the founding of ,st4     
,ignatius ,college1 and officially      
changed its name to ,loyola ,university 
,chicago2 ,whereas ,loyola's women's    
studies program awarded its first       
master's degrees in #bjjb2 ,whereas1 in 
#bjac1 ,loyola launched a new ,institute
 for ,environmental ,sustainability2    
,whereas1 in the fall of #bjae1 ,loyola 

opened ,arrupe ,college1 an innovative  
#b-year college for ,chicago-area       
students with limited financial means2  
,whereas ,dr4 ,jo ,ann ,rooney became   
the #bdth president of ,loyola          
,university ,chicago in #bjaf1 the first
 lay president in the university's      
history2 ,whereas ,loyola launched its  
,,schools #bjbj ,partnership program in 
#bjag1 supporting neighborhood-based    
public education on ,chicago's northeast
 side2 ,whereas ,loyola's men's         
basketball team made it to the ,final   
,four of the #bjah ,,ncaa ,tournament1  
assisted by team chaplain1 ,sr4 ,jean   
,dolores ,schmidt1 ,,bvm2 ,whereas      
today-- 7#a7 ,loyola ,university        
,chicago is one of ,chicago's anchor    
institutions1 employing more than #d1jjj
 faculty and staff1 and enrolling over  
#ag1jjj students2  7#b7 ,ninety-eight   
percent of ,loyola students who graduate
 with a bachelor's degree are hired     
within #c months of their graduation1 or
 pursuing a graduate degree2  7#c7      

,loyola students interning at ,chicago  
public schools provide more than        
#aaj1jjj hours of unpaid support and    
assistance2  7#d7 ,loyola's ,community  
,nursing ,center provides home visits   
for the elderly in several communities  
on ,chicago's northeast side2  7#e7     
,loyola ,community and ,family ,services
 provides mental health services to     
children and families in ,rogers ,park  
and ,edgewater1 in ,chicago2  7#f7      
,loyola's ,health ,justice ,project     
provides pro bono legal and social      
services to vulnerable populations on   
,chicago's west and north sides2  7#g7  
,loyola's ,urban ,social ,benefit       
,incubator builds the capacity of       
,chicago-based nonprofit organizations  
and social enterprises2  7#h7 ,loyola   
supports more than #cjj community       
partner organizations across ,chicago   
and the surrounding suburbs through     
student1 staff1 and faculty volunteer   
services2 and  7#i7 ,loyola is ranked   
among the most environmentally          

sustainable college campuses in the     
,nation2 and ,whereas ,loyola's         
graduates form a vital part of the human
 infrastructure of ,chicago and         
,illinois1 notably in the areas of      
medicine1 nursing1 law1 teaching1 social
 work1 communications1 public health1   
and environmental sustainability3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives recognizes the         
contributions ,loyola ,university       
,chicago has provided ,chicago and its  
national community over its #aej years  
of service4