Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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n Memoriam Harry W. Kirwin’s last book was a biography of Governor Herbert R. O’Conor, entitled The Inevitable Success. In it, he told the story of a man’s life the circumstances of which almost precluded the possibility of failure. It is a parodox of history that the biographer’s life followed exactly the opposite course but with the same result. For the events of Harry W. Kirwin’s life made success seem almost unobtainable. Nothing ever came easy for Harry Kirwin. However, he was a man of ceaseless activity. He persisted in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. As an indication of his success, the list of his achievements is too long to include here. Teaching gave him an ever increasing zest for life. He never tired of aiding his students. To him they were to be understood and treated as men. They were the raw material out of which the future was to be forged. In their youth and desire, he found new incentive and energy. No sacrifice was too great for them. It is greater to endure than to dare. He endured hardship upon hardship. Surveying the panorama of Harry Kirwin’s life, one feels awed by his dogged dedication in spite of recurrent difficulties. Just as his ideal, St. Thomas More, Kirwin devoted his life to his work. For this he shall be remembered. That he did not achieve greatness in his lifetime did not bother him. He was content in the hope that he might foster it in others. Dr. Harry W. Kirwin was a true man and a true hero. In this lay his greatness. For this he will be remembered.