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Steven A. De Jong, MD

Arch Surg. 2005;140:929-931.

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The Loyola University Medical Center has a rich heritage that began nearly 135 years ago. In September 1870, Fr Arnold J. Damian, a Jesuit priest from Holland, founded St Ignatius College on a muddy, nearly deserted patch of prairie on the west side of Chicago more than a mile from the center of the city. This humble institution would eventually expand and become Loyola University of Chicago. As the first president, Father Damian began with a faculty of 4 priests and a student body of 37 men.

The future for America and especially Chicago was very bright in 1870 and enthusiasm ran high among the 250 000 people living in Chicago at that time. The Civil War had ended just 5 years before and Chicago was now the crossroads of a nation that was expanding and building its industrial prowess. However, 1 year later, the Great . . . [Full Text of this Article]

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL—THE STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE


THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY—THEN AND NOW

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