Sister Jean
Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM (born August 21,1919), affectionately known as Sister Jean, is an American chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men' s basketball team and a religious sister of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was born in San Francisco, California.
Schmidt moved from California to teach at Mundelein College in Chicago in 1961. During the mid-1960s, she was active in the civil rights movement. In 1991, she was hired by Loyola University.
In 2018, Sister Jean became famous for her appearances in the NCAA tournaments when Loyola advanced to the final four.
References
Other websites
Sister Jean: Loyola University Chicago: Features from Loyola University Chicago' s official website.
1919 births
Living people
American civil rights activists
American Roman Catholic nuns
People from San Francisco
People from Chicago