Identifier	Centennial_00523
Title	Charles S. Casassa blessing ground for Sacred Heart Chapel
Creator	Los Angeles Airport Photography
Date Created	1952
Subject (Topic)	Ground breaking ceremonies; Benedictions; Chapels; College campuses--California--Los Angeles; College presidents--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits
Subject (Name)	Casassa, Charles S.; Loyola University of Los Angeles
Subject (Place)	Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	PhotoPrints 10B
Description	Note on image verso: "June 4, 1952. Rev. Charles S. Casassa, S.J., President of Loyola University leads the solemn ground-blessing ceremonies marking the start of Loyola's new student chapel." Left to right: Three altar boys, Reverend Karl Von der Ahe, S.J., Reverend Joseph Schechtl, S.J., Reverend Charles S. Casassa, S.J., President, and Rev. Louis C. Rudolph, S.J. In the background is the Air ROTC Color guard and members of the Loyola University faculty.
Historical Background	Reverend Charles S. Casassa, S.J., the tenth President of Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1949 to 1969, was a great campus builder and the principal mover behind the affiliation and eventual merger with Marymount College.
Cited In	Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011.
Image Caption	"Groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies inaugurated and concluded the long-desired construction of a university chapel" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	Centennial