The rise of Hitler and other dictators in the 1930s forced numerous Catholic intellectuals to flee Europe; president John O'Hara brought many to Notre Dame. From Germany came Anton-Hermann Chroust (1907–1982) in classics and law, and Waldemar Gurian a German Catholic intellectual of Jewish descent. Positivism dominated American intellectual life in the 1920s onward but in marked contrast, Gurian received a German Catholic education and wrote his doctoral dissertation under Max Scheler. Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), a renowned sculptor, brought Croatian culture to campus, 1955–62. Yves Simon (1903–61), brought to ND in the 1940s the insights of French studies in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of philosophy; his own teacher Jacques Maritain (1882–73) was a frequent visitor to campus. COUNT 5
QSN1 What caused many intellectual Catholics to leave europe in the 1930s? ANS1 The rise of Hitler and other dictators QSN2 From where did Anton-Hermann Chroust come to reach Notre Dame? ANS2 Germany QSN3 What field of study did Anton-Hermann Chroust specialize in? ANS3 classics and law QSN4 Who did Waldemar Gurian receive his tutelage under while seeking his doctorate? ANS4 Max Scheler QSN5 What was Ivan Meštrović known for being? ANS5 a renowned sculptor