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| Michael Quinlan and Ronald McDonald |
A former CEO of McDonald's Corp. has given Loyola University Chicago
$40 million for a revamped business school, according to a published
report Sunday. The donation from Michael Quinlan, who was
head of the Oak Brook-based fast food chain for 11 years until 1998, is
the largest gift the private university has received from an individual,
according to the Chicago Tribune. The
money means the Jesuit Catholic university can build a nine-story
building for the business school at the university's downtown campus.
The building will be named after Quinlan, who holds both undergraduate
and master's degrees from Loyola. "When people ask me where
did I go to college, I am very proud to tell them I am a two-time
graduate of Loyola," Quinlan said. "It has given me more than I have
given it." The donation was announced Saturday during an annual dinner at the university. Quinlan
started working in a McDonald's mailroom as an 18-year-old Loyola
student, and he eventually worked his way to the top of the fast food
chain over the next 35 years, and later serving on the board of
directors. Quinlan is credited with helping develop the Egg McMuffin. Quinlan,
who received a full scholarship to Loyola, was the first in his family
to graduate from college. In 2001 he was chairman of the university and
head of the committee that chose the school's current president
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2 comments:
I think the Jesuits should refuse to accept the money if they wish to continue hating on capitalism.
This is the very same Michael Quinlan who ignored me time after time when I complained about a Jesuit sexual perp on the faculty of Loyola Chicago and how poorly the university handled it.
What do you do when a university poorly handles a complaint? Write to the board chair, in this case Michael Quinlan. I used the address he makes available through a national Jesuit association, and still does, but in 2010 he sent my mail back. In 2012, the same address is still listed as his address, so I wrote again. No reply.
It seems I have to go to Chicago and just stand there with a sign until he notices. "Michael Quinlan is the perp who ignores Jesuit sexual perps." -- or something like that.
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