Michael Robert Quinlan (born December 9, 1944)[1] is a graduate, and former chairman of the board of trustees, of Loyola University Chicago, where he was initiated into the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity.
[3] Quinlan started with McDonald's in 1963 in the mailroom and worked his way up to senior management.
[6] Quinlan and his wife, Marilyn, donated approximately one-third of the $40 million raised to construct the new Life Sciences Building at Loyola, completed in 2004.
The building was dedicated as the Michael R. and Marilyn C. Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center on December 3, 2004.
The donation will help grow the business school's endowment to attract top faculty, support students, and create cutting‐edge programs to meet market demands.