facade reads "SANCT IGNATIO / DE LOYOLA / PATRI LEGIFERO / SOCIETATIS JESV / QVI VBICVMQVE / GENTIVM / IN SPEM RELIGIONIS / ET CIVITATIS / ADOLESCENTES MORIBUS / ET BONIS ARTIBVS / IMBVIT / AEDES HAE / DEDICANTVR" which translates: "To Saint Ignatius Loyola / Founder of the Society of Jesus / who for the good of Church and State / everywhere / has stored the minds of youth / with virtue and learning / these buildings are dedicated." The chapel was decorated by Brother Francis C. Schroen, S.J. (1857–1924), who had previously been a designer at the Jesuit Georgetown University. The stained glass was by Louis C. Tiffany and above Schroen's white marble altar was a canopied statue of Our Lady of Lourdes by the New York-sculptor Joseph Sibbel. The six-story gymnasium and rectory at 43–63 East 83rd Street was built in 1953 to designs by architects Eggers & Higgins at a reported cost of $800,000. The five-story extension at 39–41 East 83rd Street was completed by the same architects in 1954 at a reported cost of $290,000. Notable alumni Michael Joseph Armstrong – vice president, Cantor Fitzgerald; died on September 11, 2001 Kevin Raymond Crotty – managing director, Sandler O'Neill and Partners; died on September 11, 2001 Thomas Cullen – New York City Fire Department firefighter; died on September 11, 2001 Drea de Matteo – actress Jim Dwyer – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Neal Finn – second baseman, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies Wellington Mara – former owner, New York Giants NFL team Joseph Patrick Shea – partner and senior executive managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald; died on September 11, 2001 Horace Stoneham – former owner, New York/San Francisco Giants MLB team Dan Topping Jr. – former general manager and vice president, New York Yankees Robert F. Wagner Jr. – Mayor of New York City; United States Ambassador to Spain School administration Headmasters and principals William J. Ennis, S.J. (1900–1903) James P. Fagan, S.J. (1903–1906) Patrick F. O'Gorman, S.J. (1906–1920) J.H. Farley, S.J. (1920–1932) Frances E. Garner, S.J. (1932–1939) Walter A. Reilly, S.J. (1939–1946) C. Justin Hanley, S.J. (1946–1949) Peter J. Daly, S.J. (1949–1960) Robert J. Haskins, S.J. (1960–1968) Michael J. Guerra (1968–1982) James F. Fox, S.J. (1982–1995) Joseph J. Papaj, S.J. (1995–2001) Franklin N. Caesar (2001–2004) James F.X. Lyness (2004–2014) Kristin Ross (2014–2017) Following Dr. Ross's appointment, the title of "headmaster" was retired and replaced with that of