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Ladue Business Leader Rusty Hager III Honored by Loyola Academy
Gymnasium named in his honor after chairing the board for 13 years.
August W. "Rusty" Hager III of Ladue was honored this week by the Loyola Academy of St. Louis. Hager is retiring as chairman of the board of directors after 13 yers and the Jesuit middle school on Washington Avenue in the city has named the gymnasium in his honor.
The school operates grades six through eight to educate boys from low-income families for admission to the various area college-prep high schools in the metro area.
The gymnasium was built for $500,000 in 1999 and the debt has been retired with various fundraisings in Hager's honor.
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