He could stand a whole meeting on its ear by opening up the future some of us had dimly grasped but which he could see as clearly as next Monday and every bit as attainable. He persuaded the Lilly Foundation to back the nations best training ground for citizen politicians below the level of state legislatures. With equal energy he started Georgetown on its involvement with immigration. and the terrible human wastage of our time. refugees. Here he understood quite fully that the flow of immigrants from Spanish America was as much problem and opportunity for this nation. as It was problem and opportunity for the Catholic Church John Carroll founded Georgetown to serve. Into this problem he threw all his energy. his brains. and above all. all his common sense and humor. He even survived a 5 a.m. call to Panama City from a reporter writing on the Canal Plebiscite who had him confused with Ted Hesburgh.
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