Community remembers late Marquette President Dr. Michael Lovell [Video]

There is an outpouring of love and admiration for Marquette University President Dr. Michael Lovell.He died on a pilgrimage in Rome, after a three-year battle with cancer.At the historic St. Joan of Arc chapel on the Marquette University campus people are stopping by to pray, leave flowers, and remember a cherished member of the community. Mike Lovell was a man who touched many people in all all walks of life, in Milwaukee and across the state.”Too young. Too soon. But I think Mike’s legacy will live on because of all of the seeds that he planted,” said Ellen Gilligan, president and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. “Having the opportunity to give people the greatest opportunities in life.”Gilligan worked with Lovell in the foundation and said he was a man known for growing Milwaukee’s resources — especially when it came to education. He worked with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to …