Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - Caduceus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The History of Lo ola - Stritch Loyola University of Chicago, one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universi- ties in the United States, was founded in 1870. Originally situat- ed on the west side ofChicago, the university moved to its present lo- cation, the Lake Shore Campus, in 1909. Loyola's involvement in medical education began early in this cen- tury. At that time, medical educa- tion in the United States under- went a critical investigation by Dr. Abraham Flexner under the aus- pices ofthe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. There were no uniform require- ments for entrance into medical school, and the only supervision of medical schools was that which could be exercised by the various state licensing boards. Medical ed- ucation was canied on outside the educational atmosphere and guid- ance of universities. The authorities of Loyola Univer- sity recognized the value of the recommendations of the Flexner Report and sensed the need in Chi- cago for a strong Catholic medical school under university auspices. There were at that time several in- dependent and unaffiliated medi- cal schools in the city. After ex- tended consultation and serious consideration, it was decided that medical education in general, and Loyola's aim in particular, could best be sewed by gradual evolu- tion through affiliation and ab- The Loyola Medical School on South Wolcott Avenue 6 sorption ofa few of the leading in- dependent medical schools. Thus in 1909, the Illinois Medical Col- lege was affiliated with Loyola Uni- versity, followed in 1910 by the Bennett and Reliance Medical Col- leges. ln 1915 the whole organiza- tion passed to the complete con- trol ofthe tmstees and became the Loyola University School of Medi- cine. Loyola's medical school found its first permanent home in 1917 when the university purchased the building of the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery on South Wolcott Avenue, across the street from the Cook County Hospital. For the next 50 years Loyola medi- cal students took their basic sci- ence courses at the Wolcott Ave- nue facility. Clinical training took place at a variety ofChicago hospi- tals, including Cook County. The Loyola University School of Medi- cine was accredited bythe Council on Medical Education and Hospi- tals ofthe American Medical Asso- ciation in 1920 and has been a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges since 1921. During the 1940's Loyola's efforts to improve its medical school fa- cilities were limited by a lack of funds until Samuel Cardinal Stritch lent his name to an annual fund raising dinner that has be- come the main source of continu- ous financial support for the medi- cal school. The Cardinal was com- mitted to the idea of a Catholic medical center to serve the people of Chicago, and with his encour- agement Loyola began planning the construction ofa new medical school building. So important was the Cardinal's contribution to Loy- ola, in 1948 the medical school was named the Stritch School of Medicine in his honor. The university considered sites on the south side of Chicago and in the northem suburb of Skokie be- fore deciding to locate the new EK Q..- an ,wha 'I' 's N N. X' . Y -... 2 XXX 2 r! XX QS 'NN' ' Q'-as 1 XX x Ill -:uns mmm !lI'l