[1] He emigrated to the United States early in his life, and before joining the Society of Jesuits was committed to volunteer work.

[2] Moylan, as a secular priest, worked with the Native Americans and fishermen on the Gaspé Peninsula.

"[3] Alongside these changes, Moylan also decided to continue the goal of his predecessor, Edward Doucet; he wanted to expand Fordham's campus through the addition of a new building.

He wrote a letter to the Department of Education in Albany describing the advantages of the new building for the taxpayers, began a novena, and raised the tuition.

It was "a five-story building located to the east of the Administration Building for the college students that eventually contained dormitories, classrooms, study halls, reading rooms, a billiard room, and a gym complete with battling-net for baseball practice during the winter.