St. Louis University High School

SLUH was founded in 1818 by the bishop of St. Louis, Louis Dubourg,{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.sluh.org/about/history/|publisher=SLUH|access-date=3 October 2011}} as a Latin school for boys known as St. Louis Academy. Classes were held in a one-story house owned by Madame Alvarez on the northwest corner of Third and Market Street. It quickly grew to include a college division, and the college was granted university status in 1832. The high school retained the identity of St. Louis Academy on the university campus until 1924 when it moved to its own facilities and incorporated separately under the name of St. Louis University High School. The school's new home, on Oakland Avenue, was a gift of Anna Backer in memory of her late husband and alumnus George Backer. That facility, also known as Backer Memorial, has grown considerably over the years and remains the school's home.{{Cite web|url=http://www.educationdesignshowcase.com/view.esiml?pid=338SLUH|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155045/http://www.educationdesignshowcase.com/view.esiml?pid=338SLUH|url-status=usurped|title=Danis Field House|archive-date=13 April 2014|website=Educationdesignshowcase.com|access-date=25 July 2022}}{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/05/31/tidbits2.html | title=John Rick of St. Louis University High School|website=Bizjournals.com}}

The high school integrated when it enrolled John Carter, a sophomore transfer from Saint Thomas Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1946, one year before Cardinal Joseph Ritter issued a pastoral letter desegregating all Catholic schools in the St. Louis Archdiocese. While Carter did not graduate from the school, the first Black graduate of SLUH was Al Thomas, also a sophomore transfer and a member of the class of 1950. The first four-year Black graduate was Eldridge Morgan, a member of the class of 1951.

In 1984, Paul Owens became the school's first lay principal. In 2002, Dr. Mary Schenkenberg became its first female principal. In 2005, the David J. Laughlin was hired as the school's first lay president.

In each year from 2013 to 2016, SLUH was named among the top-scoring organizations in the mid-size employer category of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's survey of Top Workplaces.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/sluh-teaching-and-learning/article_6e08b9fe-a476-5ac6-ab6d-6ad4a6fcb80c.html|title=SLUH: Teaching and learning|last=Tomich|first=Jeffrey|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/online/st-louis-university-high-school/article_90c2e623-7b86-5358-bb95-49f95188390b.html|title=St. Louis University High School|website=Stltoday.com|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/online/st-louis-university-high-school/article_d9ec5494-c32a-5bb1-ba61-34f35aac414d.html|title=St. Louis University High School|website=Stltoday.com|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/workplaces/meet-the-top-midsize-workplaces-of/collection_84fe470f-12e9-5852-9260-4e6d622bec33.html|title=Meet the top midsize workplaces of 2016|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}

Since the school is part of the Jesuit network that consists of 61 high schools and 28 colleges and universities in the United States, SLUH provides an education infused with the tradition and philosophy of St. Ignatius of Loyola.[http://www.jesuit.org/worldwide/education/what-makes-a-jesuit-school-jesuit/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615203904/http://www.jesuit.org/worldwide/education/what-makes-a-jesuit-school-jesuit/|date=June 15, 2012}} Theology and philosophy classes are conducted daily.

According to figures released on SLUH's website in 2011, the median ACT score for SLUH students is over 30.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/upload/4e66748a52e42.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222165354/http://www.sluh.org/upload/4e66748a52e42.pdf|url-status=dead|title=ACT|archive-date=December 22, 2015}} By composite score, it ranks among the top 7% of schools in the United States. Over 50% of SLUH's class of 2011 achieved a score of 30 or higher on the ACT. Among St. Louis and St. Louis area high schools with a total enrollment of over 600, it had the highest scores in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/March-2012/Private-Public-High-Schools-Chart/index.php?cp=4&si=75|title=Private & Public High Schools Chart|website=Stlmag.com|date=5 November 2012 |access-date=July 25, 2022}} Since 2005 a total of 31 students have received a 36, the highest score possible.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/2103/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209033400/http://sluh.org/news/article/2103/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=December 9, 2013}} Four members of the class of 2012 achieved this score, along with five members of the class of 2013, and two members of the class of 2014. More recently, seven students from the class of 2024 achieved this score.{{Cite tweet |user=sluhjrbills |number=1658581848308568064 |title=Congrats to our Jr. Bills in the Class of #SLUH2024 who scored a 36 on the ACT!}}

In 2010, 23 students from SLUH were named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists, more than any other school in Missouri.{{Cite web|url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/news/news/232-twenty-three-named-national-merit-semifinalists|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415211331/http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/news/news/232-twenty-three-named-national-merit-semifinalists|url-status=dead|title=Twenty-three named National Merit semifinalists|archive-date=April 15, 2013}} In 2011, 17 students were named Semifinalists, while 28 were named National Merit Commended Scholars. In 2012, 25 students were named Semifinalists, while 29 were named Commended Scholars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/42/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416010807/http://www.sluh.org/news/article/42/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=April 16, 2013}}

Advanced Placement (AP) courses have been offered through SLUH for half a century. AP courses are now offered for 22 disciplines. In 2010, 345 students took 790 AP exams. Eighty-seven percent scored a 3, 4 or 5, grades that qualify them for college credit.

SLUH has also performed well in the Presidential Scholars Program. In 2007, for example, three of Missouri's ten semifinalists were from SLUH, with one, Daniel Viox, receiving one of the two scholarships awarded.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/383/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105906/http://www.sluh.org/news/article/383/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=November 7, 2012}} In 2012, one of Missouri's ten semifinalists was from SLUH.{{Cite web|url=http://dese.mo.gov/news/2012/presidential-scholars.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517202106/http://dese.mo.gov/news/2012/presidential-scholars.htm|url-status=dead|title=presidential scholars|archive-date=May 17, 2012}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/education-digest/article_c894cfc7-79f9-5ae7-9cd7-bd80f33a92f8.html|title=Education digest|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en}}

The humanities are emphasized in SLUH's curriculum. The language department has offered four-year programs in Russian and Chinese since 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/197/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107120257/http://www.sluh.org/news/article/197/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=November 7, 2012}} In 1997, a student exchange program with the Nanjing Foreign Language School was established.{{Cite web|url=http://stlnanjing.org/gallery/|title=Events {{!}} St. Louis – Nanjing Sister City|website=stlnanjing.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-24}} Since 2011, SLUH has sponsored a Confucius Classroom which is a subdivision of Webster University's Confucius Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://websterjournal.com/2012/02/29/a-taste-of-china/|title=A taste of China|first=Megan|last=Favignano|date=2012-02-29|website=Webster Journal|access-date=2017-03-24}} In 1999, educational exchange programs for the study of Russian language and culture were established with schools in St. Petersburg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/1638/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107120116/http://www.sluh.org/news/article/1638/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=November 7, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/index.php/news/news/1833-russians-rushin-in-|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831070318/http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/index.php/news/news/1833-russians-rushin-in-|url-status=dead|title=Russian students visit SLUH|archive-date=August 31, 2013}} In keeping with its strong Jesuit Catholic heritage, courses in Latin and Greek are offered, as are the popular choices of French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. SLUH also has strong programs in the natural sciences, mathematics, computer science, social sciences, fine arts, and literature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/academics/curriculum.php|title=Independent Private School Curriculum{{!}} St. Louis|website=Sluh.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712230842/http://sluh.org/academics/curriculum.php|archive-date=2016-07-12|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/news/article/14/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107104129/http://www.sluh.org/news/article/14/|url-status=dead|title=News :: St. Louis University High|archive-date=November 7, 2012}}

Virtually all SLUH students immediately enter colleges or universities upon graduation. Members of the Class of 2011 were accepted at 203 colleges and universities and attended 72 of them. These students accepted more than 300 scholarships totaling nearly $2 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sluh.org/admissions|title=Admissions – St Louis University High School|website=Sluh.org}}

In The Washington Post's 2015 ranking of America's Most Challenging High Schools, SLUH was ranked among the top three in Missouri and the top 1.5% nationwide.{{cite news| url=https://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2015/list/national/ | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=National Schools}} In the Post's 2016 ranking, SLUH was ranked among the top 1.2% nationwide.{{Cite web|url=https://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/|title=Ranking America's High Schools |website=apps.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2017-03-21}} The United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognized SLUH as an Exemplary High Performing National Blue Ribbon School for 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2015/index.html|title=2015 Blue Ribbon Schools {{!}} U.S. Department of Education|date=2015-10-02|website=2.ed.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-03-21}} In 2016, Niche ranked SLUH as the 19th-best All-Boys high school in the US.{{Cite news|url=https://k12.niche.com/rankings/private-high-schools/best-all-boys/|title=2017 Best All-Boys High Schools in America|work=Niche|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en-US}}

The first major reconstruction of the SLUH campus came in the 1980s, when then-principal Fr. Thomas Cummings, S.J. began the "E-3" campaign. This was highlighted by the construction of the Robertson Library and the development of property fronting Oakland Avenue, including the football stadium and upper parking lot. Development continued in the 1990s with the inauguration of the performing arts wing highlighted by a 610-seat theater, named after longtime drama teacher Joseph Schulte in the 2000s. Previously the school auditorium/theater had been located within the main school building, and its move allowed for a large expansion of classrooms and office space. The Jesuits also moved out of the Backer Memorial building around this time and into nearby houses the school purchased: the "J-wing" then became home to the theology department, several classrooms, and the administrative offices.

In the late 1990s, a large capital campaign to fund growth and expansion projects began under Fr. Paul Sheridan, S.J. Called Vision 2000 (V2K), the $32 million plan{{cite news|title=Tarlton Completes High School Project.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148698016.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140407/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148698016.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|agency=Construction Digest|publisher=Reed Business Information, Inc.|date=July 24, 2006}} included reducing class sizes, better integrating technology into the curriculum, and increasing class options.{{Cite magazine |magazine=Prep News |volume=69 |number=2 |url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/69/vol69-2.pdf |title=Sheridan addresses student body on Vision 2000 project |first=Tim |last=Huether |language=en |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109022047/http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/69/vol69-2.pdf |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}

The early phases of the program included the addition of new teaching and counseling positions in order to reduce class size and teaching loads and to expand the curriculum. Over eight years, 18 new teaching and counseling positions were added.{{Cite web|url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/65/vol65-2.pdf|title=PrepNews|website=Student.sluh.org|access-date=25 July 2022}}

The physical improvements began in 2004 when the football stadium was given artificial turf[https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/tarlton-wins-agc-keystone-awards/article_8f2c3a39-4978-570a-bc7c-f51d0a3579ee.html "Tarlton wins AGC 2006 Keystone Awards: suburban journals branding"], stltoday.com; accessed November 25, 2014. and a new entry boulevard to the west of the campus was constructed jointly with the adjacent St. Louis Science Center, along with a new shared parking facility. The construction continued with the addition of a 17-acre soccer–track complex and Sheridan Stadium, a new baseball field.

In 2009 SLUH completed the Danis Field House, a free-standing field house that contains two gymnasium spaces, a wrestling room, offices and meeting space for the athletic staff, and locker facilities.[http://www.athleticbusiness.com/galleries/project.aspx?id=433 Danis Field House St. Louis University High] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130830234723/http://www.athleticbusiness.com/galleries/project.aspx?id=433 |date=2013-08-30 }}, athleticbusiness.com; accessed November 25, 2014.

SLUH is competitive in many academic events such as math contests, Math League, Speech Team, Mock Trial and Quizbowl (Academic Team). SLUH was the top-scoring high school in the Missouri chapter of Math League for five years running.{{cite web|title=Missouri Math League Results 2007 |url=http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2006_07/MO6.HTM |publisher=Missouri Math League |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219191105/http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2006_07/MO6.HTM |archive-date=February 19, 2012 }} The Quizbowl team of 2006-07 won the district title and second place at the state competition along with the individual second place medal.{{cite web| title = Academic Competition Results| url = http://champs.mshsaa.org/results/bracket.asp?Bracket_ID=720| publisher = MSHSAA| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727100740/http://champs.mshsaa.org/results/bracket.asp?Bracket_ID=720| archive-date = 2011-07-27}}

SLUH's athletic teams are known as the Jr. Billikens, or Jr. Bills. Their rivals are Christian Brothers College High School. They compete in the Metro Catholic Conference. In Missouri state competition (MSHSAA), they compete at the largest classification and have won many state championships, including the following: water polo 22 times, basketball four times (1946, 1952, 1958, 1961), soccer four times (1972, 1990, 2003, 2024), tennis three times (1970, 1981, 2006), ice hockey four times (2013, 2018, 2019, 2022), swimming and diving three times (1956, 2003, 2018), cross country five times (1961, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2013), golf once, track and field once (2006), football once (1970), lacrosse once (2009), volleyball five times (2003, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016). In addition, they field teams in multiple other sports such as racquetball, target shooting, inline hockey, rugby union, and ultimate frisbee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mshsaa.org/resources/pdf/State%20Championship%20Histories%20by%20Sport.pdf|title=MSHSAA sports championships history|access-date=24 March 2017}}

• Timothy J. Danis - businessman, founder of RCP Advisors{{Cite web | date=2021 | title=Cancer Treatment Centers of America| url= https://theorg.com/org/cancer-treatment-centers-of-america-1/org-chart/timothy-danis|website=Theorg.com}}
• John T. Schuessler, former CEO and chairman of the board of Wendy's International, Inc.

• William S. Bowdern, S.J., conducted an exorcism, some details of which were portrayed in William Peter Blatty's novel The Exorcist, as well as in the movie based upon that novel. In the movie Possessed, Timothy Dalton played the role of Fr. Bowdern{{cite journal|title=In search of lost time: From "demonic possession" to anti-n-methyl-D-aspartite receptor encephalitis |date=2010-02-23 |doi=10.1002/ana.21928 |pmid = 20186949|volume=67 |issue = 1|journal=Annals of Neurology |pages=141–142|last1 = Sébire|first1 = Guillaume|s2cid=2366741 }}
• Michael J. Sheridan, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs{{Cite web|url=http://www.diocs.org/CPC/Corner/index.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918030423/http://www.diocs.org/CPC/Corner/index.cfm|url-status=dead|title=The Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs|archive-date=September 18, 2007}}
• David Francis Hickey, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize{{cite web| title =Bishop Hickey| url =http://catholic.bz/v1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=86| access-date =June 5, 2015| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150418223828/http://catholic.bz/v1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=86| archive-date =April 18, 2015}}Woods, Charles M. Sr., et al. "Years of Grace: The History of Roman Catholic Evangelization in Belize: 1524-2014." (Belize: Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, 2015), chapter 17.

• James Gunn, screen writer and director known for Guardians of the Galaxy
• Michael Buegg, film producer known for La La Land, Up in the Air and Little Miss Sunshine
• Jim Byrnes, actor and musician, appointed as the Order of Canada in 2022{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sluhjrbills/status/1547638648853540864 |title=Congrats to Jim Byrnes '66, who has been appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to arts, culture and charity. Enjoy his radio interview, in which he gives a shoutout to SLUH|website=Twitter.com|access-date=July 25, 2022}}
• Dave Giuntoli, actor and star of NBC's Grimm{{cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/alumni/notable|title=Notable Alumni: SLUH|publisher=St. Louis University High School|access-date=December 6, 2014 | archive-date= September 19, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919075433/http://www.sluh.org/alumni/notable/ | url-status=dead}}
• George Hickenlooper, filmmaker
• Ken Kwapis, film and TV director
• Dan Potthast, ska musician and member of MU330, named after the class in which its constituents met{{cite web|url=http://www.mu330.com/frameset.htm |title=MU330 website |publisher=Mu330.com |access-date=2011-10-03}}

• John E. Bardgett, Missouri Supreme Court justice{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/sluh/docs/sluh_newsletter_01_10|title=SLUH News Winter 2010|website=Issuu|date=April 13, 2010 }}
• Terrence L. Bracy, former Assistant United States Secretary of Transportation under President Jimmy Carter{{Cite web|url=http://udall.gov/|title=Udall Foundation|website=Udall Foundation}}
• Alfonso J. Cervantes, former mayor of St. Louis{{cite web |url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt53760062.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors |publisher=Exhibits.slpl.org |access-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929145109/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt53760062.asp |archive-date=2011-09-29 }}
• Joseph Darst, former mayor of St. Louis{{cite web |url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt49951038.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors |publisher=Exhibits.slpl.org |date=1953-06-08 |access-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929145134/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt49951038.asp |archive-date=2011-09-29 }}
• Edward Louis Filippine, United States federal judge{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/alumni/alumniawards/backeraward/backerrecipients/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717065518/http://www.sluh.org/alumni/alumniawards/backeraward/backerrecipients/|url-status=dead|title=Alumni Awards|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}
• Raymond Gruender, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit{{Cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3054|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513102512/http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3054|url-status=dead|title=Judges of the United States Courts|archive-date=13 May 2009|access-date=25 July 2022}}
• Daniel Isom, former St. Louis City Chief of Police{{Cite web|url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/73/vol73-7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728033134/http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/73/vol73-7.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Isom|archive-date=July 28, 2011}}
• Tim Jones (politician), former Majority Leader and Speaker of the House in the Missouri House of Representatives
• Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General{{Cite web|url=http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/73/vol73-15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728033346/http://student.sluh.org/prepnews/pdfs/73/vol73-15.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Koster|archive-date=July 28, 2011}}
• F. William McCalpin, attorney
• Bryan Mullanphy, former mayor of St. Louis{{cite web|url=http://www.jesuitsmissouri.org/files/arch/vg/chap09.pdf |title=The Jesuits of the Middle United States |website=Jesuitsmissouri.org |date=1938 |access-date=2014-01-11}}
• Bob Onder, state senator of Missouri{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/sluh/docs/sluh_newsletterfall08|title=SLUH News|website=Issuu.com|date=January 22, 2009 }}
• Mel Price, former U.S. Congressmen from southern Illinois{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |title=Price, Charles Melvin – Biographical Information |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• William F. Quinn, first governor of the state of Hawaii, and former president of Dole Food Company{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19590810,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408135830/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19590810,00.html |url-status=live |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |title=Time Magazine Cover: Gov. William Quinn|magazine=Time |date=1959-08-10 |access-date=2010-03-23}}{{cite web|last=Borreca |first=Richard |url=http://starbulletin.com/2006/08/30/news/story01.html |title=News | /2006/08/30/ |publisher=starbulletin.com |date=2006-08-30 |access-date=2010-03-23}}
• Eugene R. Sullivan, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Armed Forces), counsel on Richard Nixon's defense team during the Senate Watergate hearings, and governor of Wake Island{{cite web|url=http://eugenesullivan.com/Bio.htm |title=The Honorable Eugene R |publisher=Eugenesullivan.com |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Raymond Tucker, former mayor of St. Louis. Also, former chair of mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis{{cite web |url=http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/guides/bysubject_stlouis/tucker.html |title=WU Libraries: Raymond Tucker Mayoral Files |publisher=Library.wustl.edu |access-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045456/http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/guides/bysubject_stlouis/tucker.html |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}
• Buzz Westfall, St. Louis County, County Executive, 1990–2003

• Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau, members of The Corps of Discovery/Lewis and Clark Expedition, pictured as an infant on the U.S. One Dollar Coin.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/jchar.html |title=Jean Baptiste Charbonneau PBS Biographical Statement |publisher=Pbs.org |date=1973-03-14 |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/golden_dollar_coin/index.cfm?action=sacDesign |title=Jean Baptiste Charbonneau and his mother on the Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin |publisher=Usmint.gov |access-date=2011-10-03}}

• Thomas Anthony Dooley III, humanitarian, medical doctor, activist, author and Congressional Gold Medal recipient{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/fisher-america.html | work=The New York Times | title=Dr. America}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864917,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201070241/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864917,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2011 |title=Medicine: Jungle Physician |magazine=Time |date=1959-08-31 |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Henry Hampton, Civil Rights Movement activist, recipient of the Heinz Award, filmmaker (Eyes on the Prize){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/24/movies/henry-hampton-dies-at-58-produced-eyes-on-the-prize.html |title=New York Times Obit |work=The New York Times |date=1998-11-24 |access-date=2011-10-03 |first=Jesse |last=McKinley}}{{cite web |url=http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/filmandmedia/collections/henry-hampton-collection/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615175101/http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/filmandmedia/collections/henry-hampton-collection/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-06-15 |title=Washington University in St. Louis Film and Media Archives |publisher=Library.wustl.edu |date=2011-08-04 |access-date=2011-10-03 }}
• Stephen Hanlon - American public defender reformer and civil rights attorney{{cite web |title=The Chesterfield Smith Award |url=https://vimeo.com/521474355 |website=vimeo.com |publisher=Vimeo |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=English}}
• E. Michael Harrington, Harvard professor, author, and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.{{cite news|last=Isserman |first=Maurice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/books/review/Isserman-t.html |title=Michael Harrington: Warrior on Poverty The New York Times June 19, 2009 |work=The New York Times |date=2009-06-19 |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2000/08/meyerson.htm |title=The (Still) Relevant Socialist |work=The Atlantic |date= August 2000|access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Max Starkloff, disability rights activist and founder of [http://www.paraquad.org/ Paraquad]{{Cite web|url=http://www.sluh.org/alumconnect/notable-alumni|title=Notable Alumni – St Louis University High School|website=Sluh.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-15}}

• Greg Burke, journalist and director of the Holy See Press Office
• Robert Hyland, radio executive at KMOX who created the talk radio format{{cite web|url=http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0637.htm |title=WHMC-ST. LOUIS sl 637 Hyland, Robert, Papers, 1935-1990 |website=Umsl.edu |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/07/obituaries/robert-hyland-71-cbs-radio-executive.html |title=Obituary New York Times |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1992-03-07 |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• George Michael, sportscaster for The George Michael Sports Machine{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/othersports/story/BD029266BAF8EEAA86257697000E5A24?OpenDocument|title=Caesar, Dan. "'Sports Machine' pioneer Michael dies,"|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=25 December 2009|access-date=25 July 2022}}
• Nicholas Fandos, journalist for The New York Times

• Michael Blassie, former unknown soldier for Vietnam War
• Alonzo Patrick Fox, U.S. Army lieutenant general{{cite news |date=August 14, 1946 |title=Gen. Fox, St. Louisan, Gets Post In Tokyo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-tokyo/141119591/ |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, MO |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}

• Joseph L. Badaracco, chaired professor of business ethics at Harvard University{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5388057|title=Literature's Lessons on Leadership|website=NPR.org}}
• Gary Gutting, holder of endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/20/thinking-impossible-philosopy-gary-gutting|title=Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy Since 1960 by Gary Gutting – review|first=Christopher|last=Bray|date=March 20, 2011|website=Theguardian.com}}[http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/what-philosophers-know/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203041231/http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/what-philosophers-know/|date=December 3, 2013}}
• Hubert Schlafly, co-inventor of the teleprompter
• Robert J. Scherrer, theoretical physicist at Vanderbilt University
• Keith Schwab, quantum physicist and head of Schwab Research Group at Caltech{{Cite web|url=https://kschwabresearch.com/|title=Keith Schwab|first=Keith|last=Schwab|website=Keith Schwab}}{{cite journal|author=Nature |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7277/full/nature08681.html |title=Preparation and detection of a mechanical resonator near the ground state of motion Nature |journal=Nature |date=January 2010 |volume=463 |issue=7277 |pages=72–75 |publisher=Nature.com |doi=10.1038/nature08681 |pmid=20010604 |s2cid=7439490 |access-date=2011-10-03|arxiv=0907.3313 }}
• Kevin Slattery, led implementation of first metal additive manufactured parts in aerospace, and holder of 39 patents{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesglobaladvisors.com/team|title=Team|website=Barnesglobaladvisors.com|access-date=25 July 2022}}

• Tony Adams (safety), NFL defensive back for the New York Jets
• Nelson Burton Jr., professional bowler
• Buzz Demling, professional soccer player and former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team{{Cite web|url=https://www.xcamsclub.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225035359/http://national.soccerhall.org/Registry/NASL_A-E.htm|url-status=dead|title=Free Live Sex Web Cams|archive-date=February 25, 2009|website=Xcamsclub.com}}
• Joe Germanese, former Major League Soccer player
• Cole Grossman, Major League Soccer player
• Jimmy Heisner, Associate Commissioner for the Missouri Valley Conference
• Henry Jones, former All-Pro defensive back for the Buffalo Bills{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneHe00.htm?redir |title=Henry Jones Statistics |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |date=2011-09-22 |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Bob Kehoe, soccer player and former head coach of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team{{Cite web|url=https://www.xcamsclub.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919153541/http://national.soccerhall.org/builders/bob_kehoe.htm|url-status=dead|title=Free Live Sex Web Cams|archive-date=September 19, 2009|website=Xcamsclub.com}}
• William "Ty" Keough, sports broadcaster, retired professional soccer player and former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesportsource.com/webpages/leapintoactionlinks/pros/tykeough.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928171654/http://www.thesportsource.com/webpages/leapintoactionlinks/pros/tykeough.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Sport Source|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}
• Ed Macauley, professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/macaued01.html |title=Ed Macauley Statistics |publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Pat McBride, professional soccer player and member of the national soccer hall of fame{{cite web|url=http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/June-2006/Sports-Pat-McBride/ |title=Pat McBride – St. Louis, Missouri |publisher=Stlmag.com |access-date=2010-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724220619/http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/June-2006/Sports-Pat-McBride/ |archive-date=2008-07-24 }}{{cite web |url=http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/pat_mcbride.htm |title=Pat McBride – Class of 1994 |publisher=National.soccerhall.org |date=1943-11-13 |access-date=2010-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224154842/http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/pat_mcbride.htm |archive-date=2010-02-24 }}
• Tommy Meyer, professional soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
• Ken Sanders, professional baseball player
• Joe Schultz, professional baseball player and manager{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schuljo05.shtml |title=Joe Schultz Statistics |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Hank Raymonds, Marquette University basketball coach (1961–1983)
• Frank Simek, member of U.S. Men's National Soccer Team{{Cite web|url=https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/frankie-simek/106251/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011135859/http://www.football.co.uk/sheff_wed/players/frankie_simek_106251.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Frankie Simek – No team Football Club|archive-date=October 11, 2008|website=Football.co.uk}}
• Matt Sinclair, former NFL professional football player{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8115 |title=Matt Sinclair – Washington Redskins – NFL|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Luis Soffner, Major League Soccer goalkeeper{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/luis-soffner |title=Luis Soffner {{!}} MLSsoccer.com |publisher=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=2014-11-05}}
• Taylor Twellman, Major League Soccer player, member of U.S. Men's National Soccer Team{{Cite web|url=http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=9375|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005326/http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=9375|url-status=dead|title=New England Revolution|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}
• Ronnie Wingo, NFL and CFL running back
• Ryan Wingo, college football wide receiver[https://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/football/super-30/no-1-lifelong-lessons-build-path-to-greatness-for-sluh-s-ryan-wingo/article_4f7c24cc-3e3d-11ee-9f69-1b5de3cb149b.html No. 1: Lifelong lessons build path to greatness for SLUH’s Ryan Wingo]

• Charles "Dismas" Clark, taught mathematics and served as an administrator at SLUH during the 1930s. After returning from service as an army chaplain during WWII, he became an advocate of prison reform and rehabilitation. In 1959 he founded Dismas House,{{Cite web|url=http://www.dismashouse.net/|title=Dismas House of Saint Louis|website=Dismas House of Saint Louis}} the first half-way house for parolees and former prisoners in the United States. The Hoodlum Priest, a film about Clark, was made in 1961. Don Murray played the role of "Dismas" Clark.{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875115,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222092909/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875115,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |title=Obituary, Time Magazine, August 23, 1963 |publisher=Time |date=1963-08-23 |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lEEAAAAMBAJ&q=charles+dismas+clark&pg=PA93 |title="Priest to the Oppressed" Life Magazine April 14, 1961 |date=1961-04-14 |access-date=2011-10-03|publisher=Time }}{{cite web|url=http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0192.htm |title=WHMC Dismas House Records |publisher=Umsl.edu |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite web|author=Dennis Brown |url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2011-03-10/news/hoodlum-priest-dismas-house-father-charles-clark-don-murray/ |title=Riverfront Times retrospective article on "The Hoodlum Priest" |publisher=Riverfronttimes.com |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite news|author=A.H. Weiler |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E6D81F3CE13ABC4B53DFB266838A679EDE |title=New York Times review of "The Hoodlum Priest" |publisher=Movies.nytimes.com |date=1961-04-03 |access-date=2011-10-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqr-y8qaAk |title=Trailer for "The Hoodlum Priest" |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2011-08-01 |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Erwin Claggett, former Saint Louis University basketball player and head coach of SLUH basketball team
• Pierre-Jean De Smet, taught at the school in its early history
• Walter Halloran taught at SLUH during the 1970s. Prior to that he earned two Bronze Stars while serving as a paratrooper chaplain during the Vietnam War. In 1949 he assisted William S. Bowdern with what has since become a famous case of exorcism.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18767-2005Mar8.html |title=Halloran Obit The Washington Post March 9, 2005 |work=Washingtonpost.com |date=2005-03-09 |access-date=2011-10-03}}
• Robert J. Henle S.J., served as president of Georgetown University (1969–1976) and served as a professor at Saint Louis University for several decades. He taught classics at SLUH.
• Mike Jones, NFL football player and SLUH head football coach until 2022
• John Knoepfle, English teacher; later a poet, translator, and university professor{{cite encyclopedia|title=John (Ignatius) Knoepfle|first=Theodore|last=Hadden|editor=Philip A. Greasley|encyclopedia=Dictionary of Midwestern Literature|volume=1|year=2001|location=Bloomington, Indiana|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-33609-0|pages=301–303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PA301|access-date=May 2, 2009}}
• Hank Raymonds '42, coached basketball at SLUH from 1950–55

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