During his tenure at Notre Dame, he brought numerous refugee intellectuals to campus; he selected Frank H. Spearman, Jeremiah D. M. Ford, Irvin Abell, and Josephine Brownson for the Laetare Medal, instituted in 1883.
Während hien dunn op Notre Dame, hien huet vill Flüchtlingslageren Intellektuell zu Campus; hien ausgewielt Frank H. Spearman, Jeremiah D. M. Ford, Irvin Abell, a Josephine Brownson fir de Laetare Medaille, instituted an 1883.