Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) |
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motto | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam |
founding | 1911 (1865) |
Sponsorship | Catholic Church ( SJ , RSHM, CSJ) |
place | los Angeles |
country | United States |
president | Robert B. Lawton, SJ |
Students | 9484 (2018) |
Employee | 839 |
Networks | FIUC |
Website | www.lmu.edu |
The Loyola Marymount University ( LMU ) is a private university in Los Angeles in the US state of California . It is supported by three religious orders : the Jesuits , the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (CSJ) . It is one of 28 member universities of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities . There are currently 9,484 students enrolled.
history
Loyola Marymount University was created in 1973 from the merger of Marymount College and Loyola University. The origin of Loyola University goes back to St. Vincent's College , which the Vincentines founded in 1865 and taken over by the Jesuits in 1911. Marymount College was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1933 as Marymount Junior College (women only). The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange had been co- sponsors of the college since 1968 .
Course offer
The range of courses mainly includes:
- Movie and TV
- Humanities (Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts)
- Communication Sciences and Fine Arts
- Science and Engineering (Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering)
- pedagogy
- Law (Loyola Law School)
- Economics
Sports
The LMU sports teams are called the Lions . The university is a member of the West Coast Conference .
Personalities
- Rick Adelman - basketball player and coach
- Mercy Akide - soccer player
- Bob Beemer - sound mixer
- Barbara Broccoli - producer of James Bond films
- Linda Cardellini - actress
- Johnnie Cochran - OJ Simpson's attorney
- Bob Denver - actor
- Brian Helgeland - film director
- Pete Newell - basketball coach
- Phil Woolpert - basketball coach
- Holly Madison - photo model
- Daniel Lonero - Martial Art
- Rachel Riddell - Olympian and Vice World Champion in water polo
- Barron Hilton Jr.- Hilton Hotel Heir (brother of Paris Hilton)
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 33 ° 58 ′ 10 ″ N , 118 ° 25 ′ 2 ″ W.