TIME Magazine, November 23, 2009

What the Jesuits Taught Me

 I graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, the prep school you profiled, one month before the apocalyptic riots of 1967.  I am most proud of the fact that U of D chose to stay in the City of Detroit, and not abandon it as the other Catholic schools did.    My class continues to contribute to our namesake City in many ways.  We have purchased two bricks on the world-class Detroit Riverwalk walkway, the only school that has done so.

A few years ago, I moved to downtown Detroit after retiring from the Los Angeles Police Department.  I wanted to be part of the solution to Detroit's problems. There is no doubt that the Jesuits  inculcated in me a responsibility to serve as a "man for others."

Thomas E. Page, Detroit