 Construction of the North Bethesda, Maryland campus was begun under his predecessor, Donlon.The purpose of this relocation was to remove the younger students from what the Jesuits viewed as the indecent temptations of the city.It was also part of the larger movement among Jesuit institutions in the United States, facing pressure from the Association of American Universities, to create separate four-year high school programs and four-year college programs, instead of combined seven-year programs.