Chris Lowney

Former Jesuit, Chis Lowney talked about the four Jesuit principles to be an effective leader: self-awareness, heroism, love, and ingenuity. To be the greatest leader possible, one must encompass all four principles.

Chis Lowney discusses why Jesuit schooling has been so successful. There are numerous establishments throughout the country and majority, if not all have been successful. Majority of the people that I have talked to, who have graduated, all said they had an extraordinary experience here at Loyola.

How has the Jesuit education system reached such great success? Many things contribute to this. First, the small class sizes really render themselves helpful to students. We are on a name basis, students with faculty. I am not I.D. # 1425. I am Adriana Marino, and my teachers know me well. Teachers come to class giving us what they expect back from us. We are a community here; we have standards and morals, and expectations. We are all here for a reason. There is a reason why I chose Loyola and not the number one party school in the nation; likewise, there is a reason why the professors chose to teach here.

During an earlier part of his talk, Lowney talks about his work experience at JP Morgan. He states this was important for him to work there. He basically said he learned that there is no I in “team.” That working in a business, it is not about the individual, it is about the end product—what we can accomplish if we all work together.

This pertains to other aspects of life. You can apply that to our community here at Loyola. What would happen if we all only cared about ourselves? How would an institution such as this run if no one work together? We cannot create boundaries, for boundaries limit us to what we are able to accomplish. Without boundaries, the possibilities are endless. We need to demolish them. Likewise, here at Loyola, many of us need to realize that there is much more to Baltimore, than our minute campus. If we reached out, even just a little, there is so much good to be done, so many people to help. If we followed in the Jesuit footsteps, we all could be leaders; we all could be someone’s heroes. Imagine what good could be done if the Loyola community got together, like those JP Morgan employees, and realized that the world is not about the individual.

As Lowney’s assistant opened the lecture by reading off a list of Lowney’s many accomplishments, one can see that he has been a leader, he has crossed over boundaries, and he has been a hero. He has gone to Africa and Asia and helped people with AIDS, he was a Jesuit, and he was a businessman. Chis Lowney is an exceptional example of what it means to live the Jesuit principles; and I think we all need to be a bit more like him.