DePaul University
DePaul University (University) | |
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Motto | Viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi. |
Formation | 1898 |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Type | Private |
Other name | Blue Demons |
Catholic, with emphasis on recruiting students from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
DePaul University is a private, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Catholic university by enrollment in the United States. Following in the footsteps of its founders, DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds.[1]
DePaul's two campuses are located in Lincoln Park and the Loop. The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Health, and Education. It also houses the School of Music, the Theatre School, and the John T. Richardson Library. The Loop campus houses the Colleges of Communication, Computing and Digital Media, and Law, as well as the School of Public Service and the School for New Learning. It is also home to the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, which is part of the nationally ranked Driehaus College of Business, the tenth oldest business school in the nation.[2] The Loop campus also houses the Loop Library, the Rinn Law Library, and the Barnes and Noble-based Student Center. DePaul is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[3]
The university enrolls around 14,500 undergraduates and about 7,900 graduate/law students. According to the Division of Student Affairs website, about 90% of DePaul's students commute or live off campus.[4] The student body represents a wide array of religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds, including over 60 foreign countries.[5]
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History
Originally named St. Vincent's College, DePaul University was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission priests and brothers, known as the Vincentians. Followers of 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul, they founded the university to serve Roman Catholic children of immigrants. Student enrollment grew from 70 in 1898 to 200 in 1903 in what is now the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Eager in WW1
With the entry of the United States into World War I in 191, DePaul formed a unit of the US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps and converted its College Theatre into Army barracks. DePaul also mobilized for World War II, offering its facilities for war training and free courses to train people for industry work. The G.I. Bill, which paid the tuition of veterans enrolled in college, turned the financial tide for DePaul. Enrollment in 1945 skyrocketed to 8,857 students, twice as many as the previous year, and totaled more than 11,000 in 1948. Although a consulting firm recommended relocating from its deteriorating Lincoln Park neighborhood to the suburbs, trustees voted to remain and support revitalization of the neighborhood.
Black Occupation
In 1968, the Black Student Union (BSU) was formed. In 1969, while in ongoing negotiations with DePaul administrators, members of the group occupied a campus building for two days and led several related rallies. The actions helped bring concerns of black students, and later those of Latino, Muslim and other student groups, to the fore. The university now sponsors a wide range of student organizations, including BSU, the DePaul Conservative Alliance, DePaul Irish Society, the DePaul Alliance for Latino Empowerment, United Muslims Moving Ahead, Hillel, the Asian Cultural Exchange, the African Student Organization, the Hellenic-American Student Association and the Activist Student Union.
Norman Finkelstein forced to leave
In the Dershowitz–Finkelstein affair of 2007, Norman Finkelstein, an outspoken political science professor, was denied tenure. This followed a highly public and rancorous evaluation process in which an opponent of Finkelstein, Alan Dershowitz, took the highly unorthodox step of sending unsolicited letters and dossiers to Finkelstein's peers at DePaul urging them to deny him tenure. DePaul's president, the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, denies that the outside pressure affected the university's position, saying "This attention was unwelcome and inappropriate and had no impact on either the process or the outcome of this case."[6] Finkelstein's supporters claim he was denied tenure due to his writings on the Holocaust and the politics of reparations, and on the state of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation.[7][8][9] Detractors such as Dershowitz challenged Finkelstein's research methods and confrontational approach. On September 5, 2007, Finkelstein resigned after he and the university reached a settlement; they released a joint statement.[10]
Notable Alumni
Business leaders
- Richard Driehaus, CEO, Driehaus Capital Management
- Dan Evans, former vice president and general manager (from 2001 to 2004) of Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jack Greenberg, former CEO, McDonald's Corporation
- Kerrie L. Holley, chief architect of IBM Global Services and IBM distinguished engineer; IBM Black Engineer of the Year Award Recipient 2003
- Martin Jahn, general director, Volkswagen Group RUSSIA
- James M. Jenness, former CEO, Kellogg Company
- Philip Kotler, (attended two years), Professor in International Marketing at Northwestern University
- Daniel Ustian, former chairman, president and chief executive officer, Navistar International Corp.
Politicians, government officials, and civic leaders
- Frank Annunzio, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1965–1993)
- Edwin B. Bederman, Illinois state representative
- Michael A. Bilandic, former Mayor of Chicago
- Dorothy Brown, clerk of Cook County Circuit Court
- Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice, 1st District
- Joseph Burke, judge of the Illinois Appellate Court (1939–76)
- Richard J. Daley, former mayor of Chicago
- Richard M. Daley, former mayor of Chicago
- Terrance Gainer, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
- Arthur Goldberg, (attended, did not graduate, transferred to Northwestern University), former justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP
- Kelly Loeffler, former United States Senator from Georgia
- Theodore Matlak, former 32nd ward Chicago alderman
- Walter J. Nega, Illinois state senator
- George Papadopoulos, oil and energy consultant, former member of the foreign policy advisory panel to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
- Samuel Skinner, former chief federal prosecutor, U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush
- Laura Spurr, chairwoman of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (2000–2001, 2003–2010)
- Charles E. Tucker, Jr., U.S. Air Force Major General
- Nadao Yoshinaga, Hawaii Senator
Authors
- Kay Ulanday Barrett, poet, educator, cultural worker
- William Granger, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times columnist; author of The November Man series of novels
- Patrick Hicks, novelist, poet
- Tarell Alvin McCraney, playwright and winner of 2017 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul
- Christian Picciolini, author of the autobiography Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead; contributor to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen's 2013 book The New Digital Age
- Sean Stephenson, author of Get Off Your "But"
Film, theater and media personalities
- Tom Amandes
- Gillian Anderson
- Kevin Anderson
- Tom Bosley
- W. Earl Brown
- Janai Brugger
- Julianne Buescher
- P.J. Byrne
- Paula Cale
- Sean Cassidy
- Monique Coleman
- Dana DeLorenzo
- Paul Dinello
- Tsi-Tsi-Ki Félix
- Cole Bennett
- Judy Greer
- Sean Gunn
- Zach Helm
- Linda Hunt
- Simran Judge
- Stana Katic
- Joe Keery
- Alexander Koch
- Harvey Korman
- Sarah Kustok
- Lauren Lapkus
- Cody Lassen
- Karl Malden
- Joe Mantegna
- Jane McNeill
- Reese Mishler
- Michael Muhney
- Tom O'Horgan
- Zak Orth
- Geraldine Page
- Betsy Palmer
- Elizabeth Perkins
- Christian Picciolini
- John C. Reilly
- Leonard Roberts
- Michael Rooker
- Arthur Spivak
- Jaboukie Young-White
- Todd Zuniga
- Lana Rhoades
Science and technology
- Mary Alice McWhinnie, biologist, Antarctic researcher.
- Tiffany S. Chism-Okirika, [11][12]
- Robert Plomin, American psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics.
Alumni on Wikispooks
Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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Richard M. Daley | 24 April 1942 | Mayor of Chicago, son of machine politician Richard J. Daley | |||
Donald Duster | 1932 | 2013 | US | Businessperson | Chicago businessman. A non-caucasian who attended the 1971 Bilderberg |
Arthur Goldberg | 8 August 1908 | 19 January 1990 | Diplomat | ||
Morgan Murphy | 16 April 1932 | 4 March 2016 | US | Politician | Chicago Democrat politician |
George Papadopoulos | 19 August 1987 | Greece US | Author Special Adviser | A foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump. | |
Samuel K. Skinner | 10 June 1938 | Lawyer Public official Businessperson | White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush |
References
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-19/news/ct-met-depaul-250-million-20100519_1_depaul-president-tuition-costs-depaul-university
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130823121048/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/undergraduate_mba_profiles/depaul.html
- ↑ https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=144740 |
- ↑ https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/support-services/for-specific-populations/Pages/commuter-services.aspx
- ↑ http://offices.depaul.edu/emm/facts-and-figures/Pages/default.aspx
- ↑ http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=1630
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110805020306/http://www.counterpunch.org/jensen05252007.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133538/http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13052
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/06/11/depaul.professor.ap
- ↑ http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=1655
- ↑ Entrepreneur of the Year https://divasofcolour.com/finalists-for-divas-of-colour-international-womens-awards-2019/#.XaoYnuhKjIU
- ↑ [1]