where English speaking tourists could be received and at least two athletic fields with showering facilities to be overseen by Italians. The Board approved Hearn's requests and awarded him an initial salary of $6,000 a year, which was later increased to $10,000 a year. Several years later, amid tensions between the Italian government and the Vatican, comments attributed to Hearn in a Paris newspaper caused the Vatican to ask the Knights to recall Hearn back to the United States. Hearn, who had already announced his intention to retire following the completion of a project in Rome, returned to the United States in the early 1930s. Upon his return, the Board authorized a temporary salary of $5,000 a year for Hearn to work as a consultant to the Order. Personal life and later years Hearn was honored with the Order of St. Sylvester, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Order of Malta, and the Order of St. Pius IX. He was created a Papal count by Pope Pius XI in 1926. France awarded him the Legion of Honor and Belgium decorated him with the Order of Leopold II. He was also a Privy Chamberlain of the Order of the Sword and the Cape. With his wife, Mary ( Healey), Hearn had one son and one daughter. After stepping down as Supreme Knight, he moved to Mamaroneck, New York. Hearn died July 12, 1945, in Mamaroneck. He was buried at St. Peter's Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The gravesite was restored and a plaque was added in 1990. Notes References Works cited 1866 births 1945 deaths Papal counts People from Boston People from Roxbury, Boston People from Framingham, Massachusetts People from Hopkinton, Massachusetts People from Laconia, New Hampshire People from Mamaroneck, New York New Haven, Connecticut Supreme Knights of the Knights of Columbus Catholics from Massachusetts Papal chamberlains Knights of the Order of St. Sylvester Knights of St. Gregory the Great Knights of the Order of Pope Pius IX Knights of Malta Recipients of the Order of Leopold II