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A good number of times when an obituary for a Jesuit is published it is brief, even if his life was long. This is, in part, explained by the reality that so many sons of Ignatius are assigned to educational institutions and their tenure almost guarantees only one or two assignments as teacher or administrator or both. There are exceptions, and the late Father Robert G. McMillan was certainly one of those.

John W. Sloane was no stranger to the Berkshires or Lenox when he and his wife, Adela Berry Sloane, built their Tudor-style cottage in 1894. His brother, William Sloane, and his wife, Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, built the nearby estate, Elm Court, in 1886. The brothers, who owned W & J Sloane, were Scottish immigrants who made their fortune importing oriental rugs and selling home furnishing. The brothers established the first home furnishing store in the country and soon became a favorite of the New York elite. When Sloane bought the property in 1894, another mansion by the name of Wyndhurst al...