Loyola University
Chicago, U.
S. A. In 1869 the Rev. Arnold Damen, S. J., associated with other Jesuit priests, founded the St. Ignatius College, which became Loyola University, the oldest and largest Catholic institution of high learning in Chicago. St. Ignatius College was at first located in the suburbs of the city, but it increased so rapidly in LUBBOCK popularity and influence that in 1909 the Board of Trustees purchased 20 acres on the north shore where the institution would have room to expand. Loyola University was incorporated in 1909. A Law Dept. was opened in 1908. In 1909 the University became associated with the Illinois Medical College and with the Bennett Medical College in 1910. The Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery was purchased in 1917, and the Medical Dept. of the University now bears that name. In 1913 a Department of Sociology was opened. A junior college of engineering and two high schools are controlled by the University.