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DETACHMENT 207 HISTORY
Institutional Historical Information
St. Louis University, a private university under Catholic and Jesuit auspices, traces its history to the foundation of the St. Louis Academy by the Right Reverend Louis William DuBourg, Bishop of Louisiana, in 1818. At Bishop DuBourg's request, the Society of Jesus took over direction of the school in 1827. This small Jesuit college received its charter as Saint Louis University in 1832, becoming the first university established west of the Mississippi River. The university settled at its present site on Grand in 1888.
Physically, the University is distributed over three main campuses. The Frost Campus is located in the Grand Boulevard midtown area and the Health Sciences Center Campus one-mile to the South. The third campus, the home of St. Louis University in Spain, is in Madrid. The latter offers opportunity for a study-year abroad. It also provides an integrated program of course work for Spanish students preparing to complete a baccalaureate degree on one of the St. Louis campuses.
Saint Louis University is classified as a Research Level II institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University enrolls more than 11,100 full and part-time students, including 1,000 foreign students from 80 countries. Some 93,000 alumni are engaged in a wide spectrum of professional pursuits throughout the world.
Current Status
- Location: AFROTC Building, 3631 Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, 63108-3309
- Academic Emphasis -- On the undergraduate level Saint Louis University offers an array of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and professional bachelors degrees appropriate to particular schools and programs. There are associate degrees and certificates in selected fields.
- Total Enrollment - 14,966
- The University consists of the following schools:
- College of Arts and Science (1818)
- Graduate School (1932)
- School of Law (1842)
- College of Philosophy and Letters (1889)
- School of Medicine (1903)
- School of Business and Administration (1910)
- School of Nursing (1928)
- School of Social Service (1930)
- Parks College of Engineering and Aviation (1946)
- School of Allied Health Professions (1979)
- School of Public Health (1991)
- School of Professional Studies (1996)
- School Officials
- President of St Louis University - Rev Lawrence Biondi, S.J., Ph.D.
- Dean of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology - Manoj Patankar, Ph.D.
- Size of Full-Time Faculty - approximately 620 FT Faculty Member
Detachment Historical Information
The history of the cadet corps at SLU begins with its roots at the old Parks College in Cahokia, IL, and started before the present ROTC system evolved. Parks College is the oldest federally approved aeronautical institution in the nation. Its founder, Oliver L. Parks, began operations in August 1927 and received the Air Agency Certificate #001 from the federal government in 1929. Since the summer of 1997 Parks College has belonged to the oldest university system west of the Mississippi – St. Louis University.
Parks College’s traditionally close ties with the military, particularly the Air Force, date back to the beginning of military aviation itself. For example, at the request of Mr. Parks’ personal friend, George H. H. (Hap) Arnold, Parks College assisted in the training of Army Air Force pilots during World War II. In fact, Parks College provided primary training for some 24,000 AAF pilots (one out of every ten), including 4,000 RAF fliers and thousands of mechanics. These achievements prompted President Harry S. Truman in 1947 to send Parks a personal letter recognizing the school’s achievements on its 20th anniversary. Mr. Parks also received “His Majesty’s Medal for Service” from the British.
Parks College’s Air Force ROTC program began shortly after the Air Force became a separate service in 1947. The cadet corps continued its proud tradition even through the anti-Vietnam Conflict era. In fact, the corps actually grew in size while other campuses were dropping ROTC from the curriculum.
Parks College continued its close association with the military, hosting the AFROTC detachment in the St. Louis and surrounding area. By 1997, the Parks campus in Cahokia was closed down and all academic instruction was transferred to St. Louis University. The corps is composed of cadets from three main campuses, St. Louis University, Washington University, and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. The corps also draws students from the University of Missouri at St. Louis, Belleville Area College, and McKendree College. Up until 1989, Detachment 206 was operational at the SIUE campus. However, as a consequence of budget reductions, the detachment was combined with the Det 207 at Parks.
Quick Facts
- Department: Established on the Parks College Campus, Cahokia, IL in 1947.
- Recently, moved to the Frost Campus during the Summer of 1997.
- Recently, moved to the Frost Campus during the Summer of 1997.
- The Detachment was recently reorganized, within the Saint Louis University administration, to report to the dean of Parks College in 2007.
- Historical Unit Enrollment Stats
- Fall 2006 - 75
- Spring 2007 - 68
- Currently (Fall 2007) - 79
- Awards
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (01 May 1983 - 30 Apr 1985)
- Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (01 Jul 1990 - 30 Jun 1992)
Contact Information for AFROTC Detachment 207 at Saint Louis University
AFROTC Detachment 207
Saint Louis University
3631 Forest Park Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108-3309
Telephone: (314) 977-8227
Fax: (314) 977-8332
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