of the university. The Sister Bell is currently enshrined in the Heritage Room on the basement floor of the St. Thomas of Villanova Monastery on the university's campus.
== Alumni ==
Villanova University has many notable alumni in religion, entertainment, sports, politics, military service, and business:
Pope Leo XIV, the first and only American-born pope, graduated from the university in 1977, making Villanova the only American university with a pope among its alumni. Other notable alumni in the Catholic hierarchy include John Joseph O'Connor, Cardinal Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, and Emellia Prokopik, Superior General of the nuns of the Order of Saint Basil the Great.
Alumni in the entertainment industry include Golden Globe-nominated actress Maria Bello, NBC News (WCAU) and Emmy Award-winning news anchor Keith Jones, actor Jon Polito, founder of Manhattan Transfer Tim Hauser, singer-songwriters Jim Croce and Don McLean, Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Rabe, and fashion …
