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December 28, 1832 - Missouri Governor Daniel Dunklin signed the charter for St. Louis University
the first university west of the Mississippi. The school that became SLU opened in 1818 and was fading by 1826. Bishop Rosati revived the school and invited the Jesuits to teach in 1829. According to Jesuit tradition, no tuition could be charged. But Bishop Rosati obtained a dispensation from Pope Gregory XVI to allow the university to charge tuition.