The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-15
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THE LAETARE MEDAL.

1t is now nineteen years since DR..
John Culinary Shea, the eminent his
| torian of the American church. be-
came-@the recipient of the first Laetare
mccall conferred by the University of
| Notre Dame upon those American lay
| men and women who have become dis
| tinguished for the part they have taken
| In the service of religion, the common
! veal art, education or science. As its
| name might indicate. the medal is con-
! Ierred on Laetare Sunday. the fourth
! sunday in Lent. Year after year. as
the appointed time comes around. the
trustees of the University are called
upon to make a selection from among
those whose lives have made them
worthy to be looked upon with sl1,h
favor. The following is the order which
has been observed in the choice of
those who have already received this
mark of recognition:
In 1888 Dr.. John Culinary Shea was
the medallist, as stated above: in 1884
the honor was conferred upon Patrick
Kelley. the Catholic architect, who de-
voted his life to the construction of
magnificent temples of worship; in
1880 a woman was selected, the late
u la Ann Starr, poet and artist. in
1885 General John Newton became a
member OF this distinguished company:
IN 1887 the person to whom the medal
was rendered declined the proffered |
honor for reasons Of humility, and de-
sired that his name should not be Civ !
en- to the public; in 1883 an editor was |
chosen. Commentators P. V Hickey: |
in 1889 an eminent novelist. Mrs. Anna !
Hanson Dorsey. was added to the list: |
II 1890 Hon. William J. Onahan became |
a tGf IT~IJ
ular succession are to be mentioned |
the names of Daniel Dougherty. DIR.
Henry F. Brownson, Patrick Donahue.
Augustin DAILY, Mrs. Anna T. Sadlier.
General Rosecrans. DR.. Thomas Adds
Emmett, Hon. Timothy Howard. Mary
GWendo'en Caldwell. John A. Creigh-
ton and Hon. W. Bourke Cochran.
mis- year the honor goes to Chicago |
for the third time in the history of the
medal. 1t is worthy to note also that
n selecting DR.. John B. Murphy on this
occasion, the trustees of the university
urn for the second time to the medi-
al profession in their desire to paw
rtbute to the eminent men and womenI
those labors beyond the railing of the
anctu9ry rebound to the glory of the
Catholic church in America.
DR.. John Benjamin Murnhy of Chi
ago was born Dec. q. 1867. in Apnle-
on, Wis. He received his early edu- /
alton in the public schools of that
itv, and graduated from the high
chool in 1876. He took up the study
medicine under his preceptor. DR.. Q
Ohm r. Reilly of Appleton, Wis He !
ntered Rush Medical college and grad Z
ated from that institution in 1879. He n
as the successful candidate from that a
ollege for the interneship in Cook
1unty hospital, and began his SER n
Ices there Feb. /, 1879 His service '
,rminated Oct. 1, 1880. He then be- 8.
tme an associate in practice of DIR ! n
dward w. Lee. one of the then AFT II
nding surgeons of the hospital. which
'sociation lasted for period of ten IL
'ars. In September, 1882, he went to
urope to pursue his studies in the 81
eat hospitals of the various Euro y,
an cities, namely, Vienna, HeideI- =,
re, Munich, Berlin and London re-
rning in April, 1884 Since that time CT
mas practiced medicine, and Iatterly B
surgery, in Chicago He
professor OF clinical surgery in the "a
edlcal school of the Northwestern
lversity (Chicago Medical college):
o1essor OF surgery in the Chicago til
lnlcal school and in the Postgradu- W
Medical School and Hospital of ce
lcago. He is attending surgeon, to
position /
has held for sixteen years; consult W;
surgeon to the AIexian brothers Mt
spital attending surgeon to the west
e nospital; chief surgeon to Mercy
spltal; consulting surgeon to st. Jo- I
ms hospital and the hospital for so
ppled children. ins
lie is a member of the American 5
dical association, the American AS ma
iatton Of Obstetricians and Gvne- mo- mo-
ogists, member of the international +
gresses of Rome and Moscow. a life an
mber of the Deutsche Gesellscha Fl
Chirurgie, a member of the Surgi-
Society of Paris. fellow of the
ldemy of Medicine of Chicago. and MI MI
the Chicago Surgical society. n nol
r. Murphys professional writings g
as one might suppose. the natural I {
lit of wide experience, deep research JUG
Christian disposition, which
mpts the man of science to spread
Dad the fruits of his knowledge. In -
practice of surgery DR.. Murphy hin