Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections

Hoover's Sword of Loyola, 1964

J. Edgar Hoover receives the first Sword of Loyola along with Dr. Francis J. Gerty, recipient of Stritch Medal.

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Colonel Henry Crown, Rev. James F. Maguire, S.J., and Mr. Howard V. Phalin at the 1972 Founders' Dinner. Phalin was presented with the Damen Award.

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Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets and recipient of the 1982 Sword of Loyola, shares the stage with Kermit at the Annual Awards dinner.

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Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets receives the Sword of Loyola from President James Maguire, S.J. and Mrs. Maude Clarke, 1982.

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Joseph Kerwin, M.D., awarded the Stritch Medal in 1973.

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Medallion recipients at the President's Ball on November 12, 2004.

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Robert Buehler, Damen Award recipient, with Father Raymond Baumhart, S.J., on June 18, 1987.

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