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10 unusual facts about Saint Louis University


Dahmar Wartts-Smiles

Smiles ran for Saint Louis University and holds the school records in the 55 meter high hurdles, 60 meter high hurdles, 110 meter high hurdles, and 400 meter hurdles.

At the 2009 Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Bell Track and Field Center on the Charlotte campus he finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a school-record (SLU) time and PR of 53.12.

He advanced to the finals of the event after registering a school-record time (SLU) of 14.65 in the prelims.

Danny Wynn

He then attended Saint Louis University where he was part of the men's soccer team from 2002 to 2005.

Etheostoma obama

Layman, of Geosyntec Consultants, and Rick Mayden, Department of Biology at Saint Louis University, studied the freshwater darters, most of which are native to the U. S. states of Alabama and Tennessee.

George A. Killenberg

After providentially meeting the director of sports information at Saint Louis University in the elevator at the St.

Javier Martínez-Torrón

He is also, since 2001, part-time Professor of the Saint Louis University Law School (Comparative Law, Summer Law Courses).

Lorenzo Romar

Romar became the head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at the University of Washington in 2002.

Marie Helene Franey

She would later study at the Institute of Canon Law at Saint Louis University in Missouri.

Muhsin al-Ramli

He is currently a professor at the Madrid campus of Saint Louis University.


Au Bon Pain

The chain is also very successful on college campuses: the University of Pennsylvania has one location on its campus as does The Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, Auburn University, Duke University and Saint Louis University, while Virginia Tech has three.

Ciudad del Saber

Among the members of the academic section are the Balboa Academy, ILISA (a Spanish language school), Isthmus University (architecture), and international programs of McGill University, University of Pennsylvania, Florida State University, Saint Louis University, Iowa State University, and SIT Study Abroad (School for International Training).

Cleanth Brooks

From 1963 to 1972, he was awarded honorary doctorates of literature from Upsala College, the University of Kentucky, the University of Exeter, Washington and Lee University, Saint Louis University, Tulane University, and Centenary College NJ (Singh 1991).

Ex Corde Ecclesiae

Attendees at this American seminar included the University Presidents of Notre Dame, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Boston College, Fordham, St. Louis University, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, the Archbishop of Atlanta and more than a dozen other educators of North American Catholic higher education.

Francis Paul Prucha

Prucha joined the Society of Jesus in 1950 and was ordained in 1957 after studying at Saint Louis University and Saint Mary's College in St. Marys, Kansas.

Gateway Community Church

With the launching of the GIG’s second year in June 2011, the group aims to expand its reach to the lesser represented institutions such as Saint Louis University, both high school and college, University of Baguio Preparatory and Science High Schools, and Benguet State University, among others while maintaining its connection with the well represented ones.

George Joseph Lucas

Whilst part-time associate pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in St. Louis (1981-1984) and of Ascension Church in Normandy (1984-1986), Lucas furthered his studies at St. Louis University from 1982 to 1986, there earning his Master's degree in History.

Great Midwest Conference

It was formed in 1990 with six members--Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League), and independent DePaul.

Michael Bidwill

Michael Bidwill earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Saint Louis University in 1987 where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

One Night at McCool's

Writer Stan Seidel, who died prior to the film's release, drew much of the film's material from his days as a bartender at Humphrey's, a college bar located across the street from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Raymond Leo Burke

On January 22, 2008, Burke urged Saint Louis University to take disciplinary action against its head basketball coach, Rick Majerus, after Majerus publicly supported abortion and embryonic stem cell research at a campaign event for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton three days earlier.

William H. T. Bush

A former president of and director of the St. Louis-based Boatmen's Bancshares from 1978 to 1986 he is active in various St. Louis civic functions including being chairman of the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University (1985–92), chairman of the Missouri Botanical Gardens (1991–93) and president of the Municipal Opera Association (The MUNY) (2005–06).