focus on the laity, as well as the decreased recruitment of nuns and priests since the council.
From 1985 to 1992 the chairman of the Board of Trustees was William H. T. Bush (younger brother of former president George H. W. Bush). The younger Bush also taught classes at the school.
Since the move to lay oversight, there has been some debate over how much influence the Roman Catholic Church should have on the affairs of the university. The decision by the university to sell its hospital to Tenet Healthcare in 1997 met much resistance by both local and national Church leaders but went ahead as planned. In 2015, the Catholic SSM Health system assumed operation of Saint Louis University Hospital. Renovations were completed in 2020. In 2022, Saint Louis University sold its medical practice, SLUCare, to the SSM Health System as well.
As of 2023, 40 Jesuits taught, studied, and ministered at SLU.
=== Slavery, history, memory and reconciliation ===
In 2016, the institution revealed names and stories of Black Americans …
