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About La Salle University

La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, which is the largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania and the 6th most populous city in USA, having a population estimated at a number of more than 1.54 million inhabitants, during the 2008 census. The city is also the county seat of Philadelphia County and it is the nation's fourth-largest urban area by population and its fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, as well.

La Salle University was founded by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, in 1863, and it is today considered one of the best universities in the country. It offers its students, who number more than 7500 (2008), various educational programs, in numerous fields of study, including undergraduate concentrations in nearly 60 academic areas within its College of Professional and Continuing Studies and its three Schools: Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, and Nursing & Health Sciences, as well as master's degrees and doctorate degrees in several courses of study.

Athletics

La Salle's athletic teams are known as the La Salle Explorers, who compete in 23 varsity sports, in the NCAA's Division I, in the Atlantic Ten Conference. The teams have experienced victory many times, in the past years, in many of their sports, among their most notable achievements being, perhaps, the 2 national championships won: the 1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 1980 Division II AIAW Field Hockey Championship.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: John McShain - Builder of The Pentagon and the Jefferson Memorial, Charles Fuller - Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Peter Boyle - Actor, "Everybody Loves Raymond", Young Frankenstein, Tom Curley - President and CEO of the Associated Press; Former President, Publisher, and co-creator of USA Today, Joe Bryant - NBA, Father of Kobe Bryant and former head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, Tom Gola - Basketball Hall of Famer and Francis L. Bodine - New Jersey General Assemblyman, among others.