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Loyola’s living legend inducted into hall of fame

During halftime on Jan. 21, when the Loyola men’s team played Evansville in Gentile Arena, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 97-year-old chaplain of Loyola University’s men’s basketball team, became the 173rd person inducted into the university’s sports hall of fame.

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BVM Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, 97, gives a thumbs up after formally being inducted into Loyola University Sports Hall of Fame on Jan. 21 at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Athletic Director Steve Watson and university president JoAnn Rooney escorted her.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Chicago Catholic