Father Dante Russo

Off the Court

Loyola Chicago alumni, as Father Dante Russo tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Mamie Till-Mobleyactivist, mother of Emmett Till

  Mamie Till-Mobley insisted her son Emmett's casket be left open, and tens of thousands saw. She taught twenty-three years in Chicago's public schools and earned a Loyola master's degree in nineteen seventy-one. Blessed be her memory.

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• Maria PappasCook County Treasurer

  Maria Pappas earned her doctorate from Loyola in nineteen seventy-six, and has served as Cook County Treasurer since nineteen ninety-eight. Faithful stewardship, my friends.

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• Michael Madiganlongtime Illinois House Speaker

  We pray also for Michael Madigan, Loyola Law, nineteen sixty-seven. Speaker of the Illinois House for most of four decades, convicted in twenty twenty-five on ten counts including bribery, and sentenced to seven and a half years. Confession is good for the soul.

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• Richard KileyEmmy-winning actor and singer

  Richard Kiley, the Emmy-winning actor, singer and narrator, attended Loyola. A voice like that, one suspects, was a gift from above.

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