Saint Louis University

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Saint Louis University

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© Saint Louis University

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President

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Lawrence Biondi, S.J.

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School type

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Private

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Religious affiliation

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Jesuit

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Founded

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1818

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Location

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Saint Louis, Missouri

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Saint Louis - Missouri

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Enrollment

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7,089 undergraduates

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Faculty

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1,002

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Endowment

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$705.8 million

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Campus surroundings

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Urban

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Campus size

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373 acres (1.5 km²)

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Mascot

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Billiken

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Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in the United States. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, it was founded in 1818 as Saint Louis Academy and later taken over by the Society of Jesus making it the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second oldest Jesuit college in the nation. Saint Louis University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The first M.D. degree awarded west of the Mississippi was conferred by Saint Louis University in 1836. The university was ranked 81st by U.S. News & World Report in their list of the best U.S. colleges for 2005.

Related Topics:
Jesuit - Catholic - University - United States - St. Louis - Missouri - 1818 - Society of Jesus - Mississippi River - Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities - M.D. - 1836 - U.S. News & World Report - List of the best U.S. colleges

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During the early 1940s, many local priests, especially the Jesuits, began to challenge the segregationist policies at the city's Catholic colleges and parochial schools. Saint Louis University opened its doors to African Americans in 1943 after its president, Father Patrick Holloran, secured the reluctant approval of St. Louis Archbishop John J. Glennon.

Related Topics:
1940s - Segregationist - African American - 1943 - Patrick Holloran - John J. Glennon

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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 reconized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university.

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Madrid - Spain - Europe

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