 Henry J. Leir was also a major benefactor of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and founded the school's Luxembourg program.In 1981, Clark University Press issued the first English translation of Leir's 1937 work "La Grande Compagnie de Colonisation", together with new material concerning Leir's life.The edition also included a postscript by Christian Calmes (1913–95), a former Secretary General of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities in Brussels and grand marshal of the royal court of Luxembourg.