Loyola Marymount University : Ask Biography

University information

Name

Loyola Marymount University

Motto

Ad majorem Dei gloriam — Tua Luce Dirige

Motto in English

For the greater glory of God. — Direct us by thy light.

Established

1911 (1865)

Type

Private

Religious affiliation

Society of Jesus, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Roman Catholic Church)

Endowment

$378.8 million (as of June 2007)

President

David W. Burcham, J.D.

Faculty

507

Students

9070

Under graduates

5797

Post graduates

3273

City

Los Angeles

State

California

Country

United States

Campus

Urban, 142 acre (57.5 ha)

Conference

West Coast Conference

Colors

Crimson, Navy

Mascot

Iggy the Lion

Website

www.lmu.edu

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Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education.

Loyola Marymount University traces its history through Loyola University, founded in 1911 as the successor to St. Vincent's College which was founded in 1865, and Marymount College, founded in 1933 with its roots in Marymount School which was founded in 1923. Loyola Marymount, which sits atop the bluffs overlooking Marina Del Rey and Playa Del Rey is the parent school to Loyola Law School located in downtown Los Angeles.

As of 2010, Loyola Marymount is one of the largest Roman Catholic universities on the West Coast with just over 9,000 undergraduate, graduate and law school students.