St. Louis College, Sao Paulo

St. Louis College was the second college founded in Brazil by the Society of Jesus after the society's suppression. Jesuit priests founded the school in Itu, São Paulo state, in 1867. In 1917, it was moved to the city of São Paulo.^{[citation needed]}

In 1943, the school opened an evening business school providing graduate business courses, accommodating over 2500 students from private and public schools, many of whom were professionals in finance working nearby. As a Jesuit institution, the school helped new students by providing financial aid.^[1] In 1948, one of the first economics schools in the city was opened, then moved to the Jesuit Centro Universitário da FEI and Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

In 1972, the school began receiving girls, a novelty among São Paulo schools at the time.^[2]

The late 1990s saw the construction of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Church next to the school,^[3] along with more classrooms and the extension of classes to kindergarten.

• Amyr Klink – explorer and sailor^[4]
• Ayrton Senna – racing driver
• Eduardo Suplicy – academic, economist and politician
• Maria Fernanda Cândido – actress and model^[4]
• Paulo Maluf – politician

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