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MUNDELEIN which stood for “Ability, Reliability, Endurance, and Action.”At one time, it boasted 10,000 students, many of them women, which was unusual for the times. The name Mundelein was officially award- ed in 1925, in honor of Archbishop George Mundelein (later Cardinal) of Chicago, who had purchased the school property from Shel- don after the campus closed in 1915, in order to re-establish the Archdiocese’s University of Saint Mary of the Lake, also known as the Mundelein Seminary, which continues to exist today. To express his gratitude, the Cardinal donated to the Village its first new fire truck upon completion of the original Village Hall in 1929. The 1925 Stoughton, known as “Old # 1,” was a fixture in Mundelein for many years. It was first sold in 1946, passed through several other hands, and was ultimately repurchased by the Village in 2008, and restored to its original grandeur in 2009. Today, Mundelein is thriving community that has continued to change its course, if not its name, to adapt to the times. Just a few years ago, the Village embarked upon a re-branding campaign in order to reposition itself for its next iteration. “Four years ago, we hired a com- munications and marketing manager,” says Vil- lage Administrator, John A. Lobaito. “Before that, we weren’t doing a very effective job of getting the word out about the great things that were going on in Mundelein. Around that same time,